SIS warns of potential ‘backdoor’ laws via FT’s Mufti bill

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Sisters in Islam says the process could be utilised to indirectly criminalise certain acts, bypassing altogether the legislative process.   Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/11/01/sis-warns-of-potential-backdoor-laws-via-fts-mufti-bill/  Laporan Lanjut: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2024/11/01/sis-beri-amaran-potensi-undang-undang-pintu-belakang-melalui-ruu-mufti-wp/   Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #SistersInIslam #MuftiBill #IslamicLaws

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00:00A women's rights group has warned that the proposed Mufti Bill 2024 could facilitate

00:07the creation of backdoor laws through a misuse of fatwas.

00:13Wahida Rafin from Sisters in Islam said this process could be used to indirectly criminalize

00:18certain acts, bypassing altogether the legislative process.

00:24She said a fatwa, once gazetted, cannot be questioned and may be prosecuted under Section

00:3012 of the Sharia Criminal Offences Act, 1997.

00:35Wahida said the Mufti Bill would criminalize the act of defying the fatwa and not the action

00:40itself.

00:43She said this process allows a law to be made outside of parliament and the state assemblies.

00:49SIS Communications Manager Amina Siddiqui said the administration of Islamic Law Act

00:551993 presently allows for Islamic law and practice to be interpreted according to any

01:01recognized mazhab.

01:04However, Section 3 of the Mufti Bill seeks to restrict the practice of Islam to only

01:09the four major Sunni schools – Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i and Hanbali.

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