They question the Brunei sultan's Islamic credentials in the wake of recent controversies surrounding its shariah law.
May 6, 2019 11:01 AM
Dr Ahmad Farouk Musa of the Islamic Renaissance Front described the idea as “strange”, and asked if Education Minister Maszlee Malik is convinced by Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah’s Islamic credentials.“All the brouhaha about hudud laws was merely a facade to portray Islamic credentials, when in actual fact the laws were meant for the subjects and not the rulers.
Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, who was recently conferred an honorary doctorate by UiTM, has in recent years gradually implemented shariah in Brunei’s Penal Code, in what is seen as a move to strengthen his religious credentials within the small population of about half-a-million people.
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