Group urges muftis to issue fatwa against ISA
The Anti-ISA Movement (AIM) has urged muftis nationwide to issue a fatwa (religious edict) on the cruelty of the Internal Security Act, which allows detention without trial.
The movement's deputy chairperson Zahir Hassan said they have so far met state religious leaders from Kedah, Terengganu and the Federal Territory to press the muftis to take a bold stand against the controversial law.
"In our meetings with the muftis, we have submitted arguments why we think that there should be a fatwa declaring the ISA as unIslamic. Among others, we explained to them that the law denies one's basic right to defend himself and this contradicts the Islamic justice system," he said.
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