Hudud - and what it can mean to us

comments     Koh Jun Lin     Published     Updated

FOCUS With any piece of legislation or public policy, one could look to other countries with similar rules for an inkling of what could be ahead.

Kelantan’s recently amended Syariah Criminal Enactment II 1993 - commonly referred to as the Kelantan hudud - is no exception.

There are 49 Muslim-majority countries in the world, and while most of these countries have enacted Islamic family law that is applied to Muslims, only about 11 have chosen to pass hudud, which falls under the Islamic criminal offences legislation...

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