Hudud laws only for Muslims: PAS
Published on: Thursday, April 24, 2014
Sandakan: PAS Batu Sapi Division Head Haji Hamzah Abdullah said the Hudud laws are only meant to govern the Muslims, while non-Muslims have the right to choose to be governed by civil laws.He said this in reminding non-Muslims and non-Muslim political parties affiliated to the BN to halt "insulting and degrading the move by PAS Kelantan leaders to realise the wishes of the Kelantanese for the implementation of Kanun Jenayah Syariah, part of the Islamic penal code in Kelantan.""The hudud laws that had been passed by the Kelantan Legislative Assembly way back in 1990 even before the existence of Pakatan Rakyat, is the right of the PAS government in Kelantan," he said in response to recent debates and comments made relating to this issue.
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He said as the Kelantan PAS government has been democratically elected by the people that is through the ballot box, it is only right for the wishes of the Kelantanese be respected. "What more when Kelantan's population had 90 per cent subscribing to the Islamic faithÉI strongly believe that hudud laws need to be given ample time to prove that it can reduce crimes," said Hamzah. Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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