Syariah in Malaysia
Read Aston Paiva’s full paper on Syariah in Malaysia
Read Aston Paiva’s full paper on Syariah in Malaysia
Tamir Moustafa dissects and distils one of his learned academic articles.
This week, His Supreme Eminenceness regales readers about the presumption of innocence, and how you too can be a Jedi.
From the Selangor Times Issue 7, 7-9 January 2011. This week, Ask Lord Bobo answers questions on government-involvement in business, apostasy, and why our polis don’t like cake!
In conjunction with the anniversary of Ops Lalang, come listen to artists/actvists explore complex issues at Ops Bilang. Featuring Fahmi Reza, Pang Khee Teik, Fahmi Fadzil, Amir Muhammad, Jo Kukathas, Vernon Adrian Emuang and many more. Organised by the Centre for Independent Journalism.
In its press statement about non Muslims as Syariah lawyers, the Bar Council got the wrong end of the stick when it talks about a “dual” legal system in Malaysia, and that the Syariah system is “established” by the Constitution.
Adakah patut seorang yang miskin, yang tidak mampu membayar denda, sebaliknya dipenjarakan untuk 1 tahun dan disebat 6 kali kerana kesalahan pertama meminum arak di khalayak ramai?
Dear ConstiLC I totally believe in, and support, the MyConstitution Campaign. One of the most shocking things I learnt doing the Article 11 Campaign is the lack of awareness among lawyers (not just the public) about the Federal Constitution. It would be interesting to do a general poll amongst lawyers:
However, while the non-Muslim does not have to seek prior approval to organize talks or seminars with regards to his religion, the Muslim citizen appears to have this added hurdle to cross in order to exercise his rights under Article 10 and Article 11 (1). Is this constitutional? Is this legal? I will not ask the question if this hurdle is consistent with the Quran since it is not (my humble view – stand to be corrected). – www.LoyarBurok.com
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