Federal Constitution is supreme, state can’t exclude judiciary, says SIS

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KLANG: Sisters in Islam (SIS) has welcomed the Federal Court’s decision declaring Section 66A of the Administration of the Religion of Islam (State of Selangor) Enactment (ARIE) 2003 as unconstitutional.

The decision by a panel of nine Federal Court judges on Monday held that the state Syariah Courts do not have the jurisdiction to hear judicial reviews against the decisions of state religious bodies.

“The decision by the Federal Court to invalidate Section 66A of ARIE on the grounds of unconstitutionality is proof that the Federal Constitution is supreme and the state may not over reach and exclude the judiciary in the decision making process. She said the Federal Court judgment also declared that the judicial reviews were an inherent right of the civil courts as well as that the interpretation of the courts on the definition of Muslims as natural persons was also ground-breaking.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

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The muftis and melayu rasis (meleis) must respect the Federal Constitution, the ruling by the High Court and the Federal Court and Rukun Negara (Rule of Law). Else they should surrender their citizenship of Malaysia and go stay together with the Taliban.

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