PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court will hear on Aug 21 an application by woman’s rights group SIS Forum (Malaysia) for leave to appeal in a bid to quash a fatwa (edict) issued by the Selangor religious authorities that labelled the group as deviant from the teachings of Islam.
KLANG: The Selangor State Legislative Assembly accepts and respects the Federal Court’s decision that it cannot empower the state’s Syariah courts to hear judicial reviews in regards to decisions made by the state’s religious authorities.
PUTRAJAYA, Oct 12 The Federal Court here today reserved its decision on a legal action brought by SIS Forum (Malaysia) to challenge a Selangor Islamic Enactment provision which empowered state Shariah High Court to review fatwa issued by the state religious authorities. A nine-member panel.