Keadilan president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail today clarified that the party respects the right of Terengganu and Kelantan to enact the controversial hudud law as the two governments were "democratically elected".

Wan Azizah also said that the party upholds Islam as the country's official religion as stated in the Federal Constitution, and respects the right of non-Muslims to practise their own faith.

Keadilan believes that no Muslim can reject syariah laws, of which hudud is a part, as it is in line with the religious obligations of Muslims, she added.

"You can't ask Muslims to reject praying five times a day or paying zakat (tithe). That's all part of the syariah," she told malaysiakini .

However, the party acknowledges that all laws in the country must be in line with the Federal Constitution and 1957 social contract, which assures all the major ethnic groups in this country are allowed freedom to profess their own faith, Wan Azizah stressed.

She was responding to a malaysiakini report yesterday that Keadilan, after much debate within the party, has taken a stand against hudud .

Waz Azizah said that the report had misrepresented the party's stand.