The Kuala Lumpur High Court has set Oct 24 to decide on the Federal Territories Islamic Religious Council (MAIWP) and the government's attempt to strike out a 29-year-old man’s application to declare himself a Sikh instead of a Muslim.

MAIWP and the government are seeking to toss out the application filed by one Shehzad Malik Sanwar Malik in 2023, where he claimed to have been born to Muslim-professed parents but never practised the religion his whole life and was brought up with Sikhism beliefs instead.