Selangor fatwa on SIS temporarily suspended pending appeal

The High Court has granted Sisters in Islam a stay on the enforcement of a 2014 fatwa by the Selangor state religious authorities that ruled the group as deviant. FMTNews Selangor

Lawyers Maizatul Amalina and Surendra Ananth with Sisters in Islam executive director Rozana Isa .

The ruling meant that there would be no enforcement action by the Selangor Fatwa Committee and the Selangor Islamic Religious Council against SIS for the time being. SIS had sought to challenge the fatwa but the High Court in August last year dismissed their application on the grounds that the civil court had no jurisdiction to hear the matter, as it was under the Shariah state laws.

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