SIS fails again to quash 2014 Selangor fatwa

 

SIS had gone to the Court of Appeal seeking to quash a 2014 fatwa by Mais stating that the women’s group subscribes to liberalism and religious pluralism and deviates from the teachings of Islam.

PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has dismissed women’s rights group Sisters in Islam’s (SIS) appeal to challenge a fatwa against them imposed by the Selangor religious authorities nine years ago.

In a split decision, Justices Has Zanah Mehat and Che Ruzima Ghazali held that there were no merits in SIS’ appeal. Meanwhile, Justice Gunalan Muniandy dissented.

SIS had sought to quash the 2014 fatwa by the Selangor Islamic Religious Council (Mais) stating that the women’s group subscribes to liberalism and religious pluralism and deviates from the teachings of Islam.

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