KUALA LUMPUR: Syariah criminal law provisions in all states – except the 16 provisions in the Kelantan Shariah Criminal Code (1) Enactment 2019 declared null and void by the Federal Court – remain valid and constitutional and can be enforced.
PETALING JAYA: Malaysians should respect the Federal Court ruling on the Kelantan syariah code and uphold the Federal Constitution as the supreme law of the country, says Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah.
Legal challenges are expected to be filed in the coming three months against the Syariah Criminal Enactment across 13 states in Malaysia.
(Sinar Daily) - This follows the Federal Court's 8-1 majority decision, last week, which allowed an application by Kelantan-born lawyer Nik Elin Zurina Nik Abdul
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PETALING JAYA: Tengku Yasmin Nastasha Tengku Abdul Rahman, who challenged the constitutionality of certain provisions in Kelantan’s syariah law, says she and her mother have been unfairly portrayed as “threats to the sanctity of Islam”.