KUANTAN: Sultan of Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah has proposed that the state government establish a shariah supreme court to further streamline shariah laws in the state.
He said currently Pahang has three levels of shariah jurisdiction — the shariah lower court, the shariah high court and the shariah appeals court.
“Islamic laws and code in Pahang have existed since the reign of the 12th Sultan of Pahang and have been improved from time to time.
“In 2012, we refined the shariah laws and code,” he said at the closing ceremony of the International Conference on Contemporary Education in the Islamic World here today.
The sultan’s speech was translated into Arabic by Pahang state executive councillor for Islamic affairs, rural development and Orang Asli affairs Syed Ibrahim Syed Ahmad.
The sultan said the proposal had been submitted to the state government and the Pahang Islamic Religious and Malay Customs Council (MUIP) for further action.
The conference was organised for the first time by the Pahang government in collaboration with the Sultan Ahmad Shah Islamic University of Pahang, the Pahang Foundation, MUIP and the World Association of Islamic Universities (Rabitah al-Jamiat al-Islamiyyah).
The three-day conference, which began on Sunday, was attended by 300 participants from 22 countries, including Indonesia, Brazil, Syria, India, Libya, Tunisia, Canada and Saudi Arabia.
The conference, also attended by the rector of Al-Azhar University, Prof Salamah Daud, aimed to provide a new dimension of scholarly discourse in various fields, especially in education. - FMT
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