Malaysia: Hundreds of thousands expected to join mass rally calling for greater Syariah laws
By A. Azim Idris | 18th February 2017 | @AzimIdrisHybrid
HUNDREDS of thousands of protesters are expected to throng the streets of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia this afternoon in what could be the country’s largest call to strengthen the Syariah justice system, as the Muslim-majority nation reaches a major cross roads over its secular laws.
Amid a backdrop of rising Islamic sentiments and fractured race-relations, the country’s pious northeastern state of Kelantan is closer to realising its decades-long pursuit of enforcing strict Islamic Syariah laws for criminal offences, threatening to worsen religious ties in a polarized multiracial nation.
Next month, lawmakers will debate a controversial bill, known as “Hadi’s Bill”, to amend Act 355 of the Syariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act 1965, proposing harsher punishments to replace current sentences that have long been implemented under the civil system.
Continued: https://asiancorrespondent.com/2017/02/msia-hundreds-thousands-expected-mass-rally-greater-syariah-laws/
Obviously, that Syariah must mean Sharia.
