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A recent High Court ruling has highlighted the tension between the Federal Constitution and Sharia laws passed by conservative state legislatures.

KLANG: The Federal Court decision on the Kelantan syariah law enactments does not in any way imply or insinuate that state Islamic laws were under threat or were inferior to federal laws.

Lawyer is primarily challenging competency of Kelantan state government.

There were, and remain, many other challenges to constitutionalism and the rule of law in our nascent democracy. Shad Saleem Faruqi, Reflecting on the Law THE Faculty of Law at Universiti Malaya and prominent law firm Chooi & Company relaunched their Constitution and Rule of Law Series last

PUTRAJAYA: Former chief justice Tun Zaki Tun Azmi has been appointed as the chairman of the Special Committee to Review the Competency of the State Le...

KUALA LUMPUR: The composition of the special committee tasked to propose solutions for the issues faced by Syariah-related laws has been finalised, says Datuk Dr Mohd Na'im Mokhtar.

(Eurasia Review) - A Muslim woman and her daughter are challenging amendments to a sharia law made by a state government in 2019, saying they go against the Federal Constitution. Lawyer Nik Elin Zurina Nik Abdul Rashid and her daughter Tengku Yasmin Natasha Tengku Abdul Rahman said the Kelantan S

A win for them may also end up strengthening the resolve of religious leaders to make it the official law

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 18 — All laws, including state Shariah laws, are subjected to the same law-making process, several civil groups have said following claims that Islam is under...