MalayMail-Aug 21
Women’s rights group Sisters in Islam’s (SIS) — via SIS Forum (Malaysia) Bhd — has today obtained leave from the Federal Court to proceed with their appeals to challenge Selangor’s 2014 fatwa which had labelled the company as deviant from the teachings of Islam. President of the Court of Appeal Tan Sri Amar Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim, who chaired a three-judge panel, allowed the group and one of its co-founders to appeal against the Court of Appeal’s dismissal of its challenge against the fatwa earlier this year. “Having considered the submissions by learned counsel for all the parties in this application, we are of the considered view the leave ought to be and is hereby given in respect of all the questions of law posed before us for further consideration in the substantive appeal.” SIS is seeking to quash a 2014 fatwa issued by Selangor Islamic Religious Council (Mais) declaring that the women’s rights group subscribes to liberalism and religious pluralism and deviates from the teachings of Islam. It is seeking to nullify the fatwa, arguing that it wrongly characterises the group’s beliefs and practices. The 2014 fatwa issued by the Selangor fatwa committee is extensive, labelling SIS Forum (Malaysia) and any individuals, organisations or institutions holding on to liberalism and religious pluralism beliefs as deviant from the teachings of Islam. Read more at: https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2023/08/21/federal-court-allows-leave-for-sisters-in-islams-bid-to-appeal-ruling-over-selangor-fatwa-declaring-it-as-deviant/86372
