Kelantan’s shariah law amendments being finalised

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Kelantan’s shariah law amendments being finalised

KUALA LUMPUR, July 26, 2026: The Kelantan Assembly Meeting has been postponed to Aug 11 to 13 for the state government to finalise its shariah law amendments.

By right, non-Muslims should not fear the law as it should, rightly, cover only Muslims.

However, there is a gray area when a crime is committed jointly by Muslims and non-Muslims. Will non-Muslims then be charged under the syariah law or the Penal Code?

That, multi-racial and multi-religious Malaysians need to ponder.

The Government (read as Jakim or the religious departments) has a history of twisted enforcement - like the conversion of minors to Muslim - when the Federal Constitution is clear about the religious rights of the minors must be carried out with the consent of both parents.

So, multi-racial and multi-religious Malaysians, think and choose very carefully when you go to the polls in coming state and federal elections (GE16).

Vote for politicians who can form a government, be it a unity government, that can represent and guarantee the Constitutional rights of all Malaysians.

So, can the racial and religious bigoted Barisan Nasional (BN)-Umno pencuri-pencuri (thieves), including MCA and MIC fulfil protecting your rights and the Federal Constitution working with the Taliban-like PAS?

And, Terengganu has already imposed the syariah law public caning.

Vote at your peril.

No News Is Bad News reproduces below a news report on PAS finalising the syariah law amendments:

Kelantan assembly meeting delayed to finalise shariah law amendments

FMT Reporters

The four-day meeting initially scheduled to begin tomorrow will now be held from Aug 11 to 13.

The postponement of the state assembly meeting was made at the Kelantan government’s request, said speaker Amar Abdullah. (Bernama pic)

PETALING JAYA: The Kelantan assembly’s four-day meeting scheduled to begin tomorrow has been postponed to allow the state government to finalise proposed amendments to its shariah criminal enactment.

Assembly speaker Amar Abdullah said the postponement was made at the state government’s request and the meeting will now be held from Aug 11 to 13, Sinar Harian reported.

“The government requested the postponement to finalise (amendments) to the Kelantan Syariah Criminal Code (I) Enactment 2019,” he was quoted as saying.

Earlier this month, Kelantan menteri besar Nassuruddin Daud said the government intended to table amendments involving 16 provisions in the enactment at the next assembly meeting.

He said the proposed amendments had already been approved by the state executive council.

In an 8-1 majority decision on Feb 9, 2024, the Federal Court struck down 16 provisions under the Kelantan enactment on grounds that they were unconstitutional.

The court ruled that the Kelantan assembly had no power to enact the provisions as they dealt with offences that fell under Parliament’s authority to enact federal criminal laws.

The challenge was brought by Kelantan-born lawyer Nik Elin Zurina Nik Abdul Rashid and her daughter, Tengku Yasmin Nastasha Tengku Abdul Rahman.

Public caning in Terengganu over syariah offence sparks tensions

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Carpenter Mohd Affendi Awang being escorted by prison officers to a room at a mosque in Kuala Terengganu to receive six lashes for a syariah offence.

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Published Dec 27, 2024, 08:00 PM

Updated Dec 28, 2024, 09:59 PM

 

KUALA TERENGGANU – The public caning of a man over an offence under syariah law in Terengganu, a Malaysian state ruled by the country’s main Islamist party, has sparked tensions between conservative Muslims who back such punishments and rights groups that said federal law was broken.

Mohd Affendi Awang, 42, a carpenter, was caned six times at a mosque in the Terengganu capital on Dec 27 for the Islamic crime of close proximity with a non-family member of the opposite sex.

His punishment was witnessed by 70 pre-selected individuals – government officers, members of the media and representatives of non-governmental organisations (NGOs).

It was only the second time that the east coast state had carried out public caning under its syariah law.

In September 2018, two women were publicly caned after they were convicted of attempting to have lesbian sex in a car.

The carpenter’s caning has once again brought into the spotlight Malaysia’s dual-track justice system – comprising the civil court and the syariah court – which has confused non-Muslims navigating inter-religious marriages.

The case also highlighted the power of the country’s 13 state legislatures to enact their own laws, as long as the Federal Constitution is not violated.

Analysts expect the caning to reverberate into mainstream politics as Terengganu is ruled by Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS), which has the most number of lawmakers in the federal Parliament.

PAS controls the legislatures of the Malay-Muslim majority states of Terengganu, Kelantan, Kedah and Perlis.