Activist claims trial to contravening 'fatwa' charge


PUTRAJAYA: Former politician and social activist Kassim Ahmad pleaded not guilty at the Syariah High Court here to charges of insulting Islam and contravening a Federal Territories fatwa (edict) on groups that questioned the hadith (practices of Prophet Muhammad).

Kassim @ Osman, 81, was charg­ed with committing the offences at a seminar on The Thoughts of Kassim Ahmad at the Perdana Leadership Foundation in Presinct 8 here on Feb 15 and Feb16.

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