PETALING JAYA: A lawyers’ group says making Malaysia’s shariah laws uniform will elicit greater respect from the Muslim community, adding that they are not seen as seriously as they should due to the differences across each state.
Shariah Lawyers Association Malaysia president Musa Awang said making uniformity in the country’s Islamic laws will not only ease the work of shariah lawyers, but also make it easier for people to understand it.
“There are difficulties for law practitioners because when there are differences between the states, we will have to study the laws in every particular state,” he told FMT.
Former Terengganu mufti Ismail Yahya recently said Muslims in Malaysia were being deprived justice under the shariah system due to the application of different sets of Islamic laws across the states
In an interview with FMT, Ismail who was the shariah chief judge of Terengganu, said the campaign to stop underage marriage among Muslims had failed as some states had the power to allow a girl as young as 16 to tie the knot.
Ismail said the success of centralisation in Islamic matters such as the management of haj pilgrims under Tabung Haji as well as Islamic banking can be replicated as far as shariah laws are concerned.
Musa said it was undeniable that the powers of the Malay rulers, as heads of Islam in their respective states, would draw much attention should the laws be centralised.
But he said the sultans would garner more respect and fondness from the people if the Islamic laws were made uniform.
He disagreed that the powers of the sultans would be diminished because of it.
“In fact, people will look more highly upon the powers of the rulers because they’re united,” he added. - FMT
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