PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has dismissed women’s rights group Sisters in Islam’s (SIS) appeal to challenge a fatwa against them imposed by the Selangor religious authorities nine years ago.
In a split decision, Justices Has Zanah Mehat and Che Ruzima Ghazali held that there were no merits in SIS’ appeal. Justice Gunalan Muniandy dissented. SIS had sought to quash the 2014 fatwa by the Selangor Islamic Religious Council stating that the women’s group subscribes to liberalism and religious pluralism and deviates from the teachings of Islam.
“The fatwa merely tells Muslims to ‘repent’ if they have subscribed to ideologies that are against Islam,” said Ruzima.Gunalan, in his dissenting judgment, said that the High Court had erred in its decision to dismiss SIS’ legal challenge on Aug 27, 2019. He said that SIS was registered as an entity, and that, unlike individuals, organisations cannot “profess” a religion.
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