The Kuala Lumpur High Court today granted the Islamic Renaissance Front (IRF) leave to apply for a judicial review, challenging the government’s ban on its book on the Malay translation of “The Message of the Qur’an” by Muhammad Asad.

The respondents in the case are the federal government, the home minister, and the Al-Quran Printing Control and Licensing Board.

The application seeks to quash the ban and obtain...