Administration of Islamic matters subject to judicial review, says lawyer

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Malik Imtiaz Sarwar tells the Federal Court the legal proposition has been decided by the apex court in several cases since 2018.   Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/12/02/administration-of-islamic-matters-subject-to-judicial-review-says-lawyer/   Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #IndiraGhandi #IslamicLaw #JudicialReview

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00:00Decisions by public authorities regarding Islamic matters are subject to judicial review

00:06by civil courts, as established by the federal court in cases like M Indira Gandhi, lawyer

00:11Malik Imtiaz Sarwar, who appeared for rights group Sisters in Islam, told the court today.

00:16Indira's case, which addressed unilateral conversion of minors to Islam, set a precedent

00:22ignored by the Court of Appeal in SIS for Malaysia Burhat's case.

00:27SIS is appealing a 2023 Court of Appeal ruling upholding a fatwa issued by the Salamor Islamic

00:32Religious Council in 2014, which labelled SIS as deviant for promoting liberalism and

00:38religious pluralism.

00:40Malik said the fatwa, once gazetted, carries the force of law and should be subject to

00:45judicial review to uphold the rule of law.

00:48He said natural justice was breached since SIS was not heard before the fatwa was issued

00:53and emphasised SIS forum's position as beyond the reach of the state fatwa committee.

00:59Lawyer Hanif Khatri Abdullah, appearing for Ma'is, countered that the fatwa followed legal

01:03procedures, was not equivalent to delegated legislation, and was therefore not amenable

01:08to judicial review.

01:11Danish Fakir Reza, FNT News.

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