Dr Akmal Saleh urges members of Parliament to amend the Constitution to strengthen and empower the syariah courts, with support from both sides of the political divide, especially Malay Muslims.
In a Facebook post on Sunday (Feb 11), Dr Akmal Saleh said that laws that were in place before British rule had used Islam as their reference point in their creation. "We urge all members of Parliament, be it from the government or the Opposition, to bring the matter of amending the Constitution to strengthen and empower the syariah courts ," he said. He added that this would be supported by both sides of the political divide , especially Malay Muslims .
On Friday (Feb 9), the Federal Court, in an 8-1 majority decision, ruled that 16 provisions for offences under the Kelantan Syariah Criminal Code Enactment (1) 2019 were null and void because the state legislature did not have the power to enact laws on said offences because there were federal laws covering the same offences. Earlier on Sunday, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the decision concerns the legislative provisions passed by the Kelantan state legislative assembly (DUN) and did not touch on the jurisdiction of the Syariah Cour
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