PUTRAJAYA: Supporters of the Kelantan government who had gathered at the Palace of Justice were muted in their disappointment after the Federal Court ruled that 16 provisions in the state’s Syariah Criminal Code were unconstitutional.
PUTRAJAYA: It is a "Black Friday" for the Shariah laws with the 16 provisions in the Kelantan syariah law now declared null and void, says PAS secretary-general Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan.
Published on: Wednesday, January 20, 2021
By: Malay Mail
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Kuala Lumpur: Gerakan Pembela Ummah (Ummah), a coalition of 500 Muslim groups, today said it will intervene to block Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s lawsuit if the Opposition leader takes the government to court over the nationwide proclamation of Emergency.
Ummah chairman Mohd Zai Mustafa
(pic) said Anwar’s actions were akin to questioning the Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s wisdom, noting that the King made the proclamation only after consultation with the ruling government and senior officials.
“The actions of Anwar also paints him as someone who is just power crazy and practises politics without limits to the point he is willing to gamble with the fate of the people and national security,” Mohd Zai said in a statement on the group’s Facebook page.