Special panel to study state assemblies’ competency to enact Islamic laws timely, say syariah lawyers
SHAH ALAM: The Syariah Lawyers Association of Malaysia (PGSM) described the Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah’s decree yesterday, for the immediate establishment of a special committee to study the competency of state legislative assemblies to enact Islamic laws under state enactments and the jurisdiction of Syariah Courts, is very apt and timely. Its […]
State governments urged to review provisions of syariah laws
KUALA LUMPUR: The Syariah Lawyers Association (PGSM) urged the state governments to review all existing provisions of the syariah criminal laws to ensure that they could no longer be challenged by certain quarters. Its president Musa Awang, in a statement today, said apart from the state governments, the authorities also needed to take a drastic and holistic action to study and review the provisions. He was commenting on […]
