Muslims not obliged to support hudud, says law professor


  • Nation
  • Wednesday, 01 Jun 2016

PETALING JAYA: Muslims have no religious obligation to support hudud law as it was not mentioned in the Quran, says a law professor from Emory University in the United States.

Professor Abdullahi A. An-Na'im (pic), a Constitutional law expert, said the term hudud is a "misnomer" and the Quran did not mention it in relation to any crime.

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