G25: Dismissal of SIS fatwa application contrary to Federal Constitution

PETALING JAYA: The G25 has called the High Court’s recent decision to dismiss an application by Sisters In Islam (SIS) challenging a decision of the Selangor Fatwa Committee as retrogressive, against high judicial precedent and contrary to the Federal Constitution.

The group of eminent Malays said the decision implied that the High Court had granted wide arbitrary powers to the state fatwa authority to issue fatwas, adding that the judgment set a dangerous precedent.