PETALING JAYA: Perikatan Nasional will form a special committee to study and propose ways to “strengthen the position of shariah law and preserve the interests of Muslims”.

PETALING JAYA: There is no confusion in law that only the shariah courts have jurisdiction to hear cases involving Muslims intending to renounce their faith, a lawyer said, adding that the Federal Court had put the issue to rest three years ago.

PETALING JAYA: The apology by DAP MP Ngeh Koo Ham over a proposal to include non-Muslim constitutional experts on a committee studying the conflicts between shariah law and the Federal Constitution, is nothing but an “old DAP tactic”, says Wan Saiful Wan Jan.

Kuala Lumpur: The proposal by Beruas Member of Parliament Datuk Ngeh Koo Ham for the government to appoint non-Muslim legal experts into the special committee to study issues related to the competencies of state legislative assembly in enacting Islamic laws was unfounded.

Kota Kinabalu: The Sabah Legislative Assembly today passed two Bills to boost the Shariah courts’ jurisdiction over Muslim inheritance matters and the state fatwa council.

Kuala Lumpur: Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim today slammed those trying to gain political mileage from the constitutional challenge against several Kelantan Syariah Criminal Code provisions by linking it with his government.

PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court has warned lawyers involved in a constitutional challenge to a Kelantan shariah enactment which it is hearing not to comment on the case while it is ongoing.

PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court has reserved its ruling on a mother and daughter’s constitutional challenge over the competency of the Kelantan state assembly in enacting 18 provisions contained in the Kelantan Syariah Criminal Code (I) Enactment 2019.