Aliff Daniel Adli pleaded guilty at the Gombak Barat shariah lower court yesterday to a charge of deviant worship. (Bernama pic)PETALING JAYA: A 21-year-old Muslim man who courted controversy for performing rituals associated with another faith has publicly declared his repentance alongside his mother and younger sister.

Aliff Daniel Adli, his mother Rohizayanti Ramli, 52, and his sister, Nur Ranea Ezreen Adli, 19, took part in the istitabah, or public declaration of repentance, Harian Metro reported.

The ceremony was organised by the Selangor Islamic religious department (Jais) at the Islamic lecture and discussion hall of Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Mosque in Shah Alam.

This follows Aliff’s guilty plea yesterday at the Gombak Barat shariah lower court on a charge of deviant worship.