Daily Archives: January 20, 2014

Non-Muslims not bound by royal decrees or fatwa on Islam, say lawyers

Malaysia is a secular state and non-Muslims in the country are not bound by any edicts issued by state rulers or the National Fatwa Council on issues concerning Islam, said constitutional experts. The Sultan of Kedah, who is the reigning Yang di-Pertuan Agong, yesterday cited a 1986 ruling by the National Fatwa Council that several…

Govt fails to overturn ‘Rights Day arrests were unlawful’ ruling

PUTRAJAYA (Jan 20): The government was unsuccessful in the Court of Appeal today in its bid to reverse the High Court ruling that the arrests of six lawyers and activists during the 2007 Human Rights Day Walk in Kuala Lumpur were unlawful. The lawyers and activists, meanwhile, also failed in their appeal over the quantum…