Colonial laws still in place despite independence - Hadi

PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang has lamented Islamic countries losing their integrity for maintaining colonial laws, despite the country achieving independence.

He said that while it is stipulated in the Federal Constitution that Islam is the country's official religion, other religions can be practised freely.

However, he noted many legislative amendments have since been made by neglecting Islamic interests.

“We used to have wise judges like the late Mohamed Salleh Abas, and the late Harun Hashim.

“There are also those who are still alive, such as Mohamad Abdul Hamid, Ahmad Fairuz Abdul Halim, and others who used their wisdom to uphold and defend Islamic laws (while presiding over civil courts),” Hadi said in a statement today.

“However, of late, we have judges whose minds are influenced by colonial thinking,” he added.

Hadi further called Muslims to rise and defend Islam against parties who try to divert them from the “real” religion.

“This is because the sin of insulting Islam is bigger than the sin of insulting the courts, which is minute before God,” he said.

The Marang MP did not give context to his statement.

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