"I would like to state that it's not for the implementation of hudud. It's just to give the Sharia courts enhanced punishments [powers]. From six-strokes caning to a few more."
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By Zan Azlee | May 31, 2016
"From six-strokes caning to a few more."
Kuala Lumpur -- A proposal in Malaysia's Parliament to introduce the strict Islamic penal code known as hudud law is threatening to split the country's government apart.
The proposed bill was introduced in parliament last Thursday by Abdul Hadi Awang, the president of the country's opposition Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party.
It will be debated in October and, if passed, will replace current provisions in the country's Sharia courts -- which govern Muslims -- with harsher hudud punishments. Hudud law allows for penalties such as amputation of limbs and stoning.
The tabling of the bill was made possible with the support of the United Malays National Organization (UMNO), the majority party that makes up the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition. Prime Minister Najib Razak has been trying to calm the uproar that has erupted since the tabling of the proposal, denying that the bill will lead to the full implementation of hudud law.
"I would like to state that it's not for the implementation of hudud. It's just to give the Sharia courts enhanced punishments [powers]. From six-strokes caning to a few more," he said, in an interview with local media.
However, non-Muslim component parties of Najib's ruling Barisan Nasional coalition government -- which has led the nation since its independence in 1957 -- have formed a consensus decrying it.
One of these parties is the Malaysian Indian Congress, whose president, S. Subramaniam, in a statement, called it "inconsistent with the Federal Constitution."
"The MIC is of the view that the proposed bill is inconsistent with the provisions of the Federal Constitution, which protects the rights of all Malaysians for equal treatment before the law and against the duality of sentencing."
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It will be debated in October and, if passed, will replace current provisions in the country's Sharia courts -- which govern Muslims -- with harsher hudud punishments. Hudud law allows for penalties such as amputation of limbs and stoning.
The tabling of the bill was made possible with the support of the United Malays National Organization (UMNO), the majority party that makes up the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition. Prime Minister Najib Razak has been trying to calm the uproar that has erupted since the tabling of the proposal, denying that the bill will lead to the full implementation of hudud law.
"I would like to state that it's not for the implementation of hudud. It's just to give the Sharia courts enhanced punishments [powers]. From six-strokes caning to a few more," he said, in an interview with local media.
However, non-Muslim component parties of Najib's ruling Barisan Nasional coalition government -- which has led the nation since its independence in 1957 -- have formed a consensus decrying it.
One of these parties is the Malaysian Indian Congress, whose president, S. Subramaniam, in a statement, called it "inconsistent with the Federal Constitution."
"The MIC is of the view that the proposed bill is inconsistent with the provisions of the Federal Constitution, which protects the rights of all Malaysians for equal treatment before the law and against the duality of sentencing."
[more ...]
Read original post here: Malaysia: Push for hudud law raises tensions
This content-post is archived for backup and to keep archived records of any news Islam Ahmadiyya. The views expressed by the author and source of this news archive do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of Times of Ahmad. Times of Ahmad is not an organ of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community, nor in any way associated with any of the community's official websites.
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