KUALA LUMPUR: The Federal Territory Islamic Affairs Council is applying to strike out a test case in which a non-Muslim counsel is challenging a requirement that a syarie lawyer must be a Muslim.
Lawyer Azmi Mohd Rais said the council wants to strike out the judicial review on the grounds that the civil court has no jurisdiction over the matter.
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