PUTRAJAYA, April 27 — Woman’s rights group SIS Forum (Malaysia) has gone to the Federal Court in a final bid to quash a fatwa issued by the Selangor religious authorities...
PUTRAJAYA, April 27 — Woman’s rights group SIS Forum has gone to the Federal Court in a final bid to quash a fatwa issued by the Selangor religious authorities labelling the group as deviants.
In civil cases, litigants must obtain leave before they can proceed with appeals to the Federal Court. They had pursued an appeal to the Court of Appeal after their judicial review was dismissed by the High Court on August 27, 2019. The fatwa also directed that any publications containing liberal and plural views of Islam should be banned and confiscated and further directs the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission to censor social websites which goes against Islamic teaching and syariah laws.In the notice of motion requesting for leave, the group has proposed 10 questions of law for the Federal Court to decide.
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