‘Action can be taken against anyone belittling a fatwa’


PETALING JAYA: Action can be taken against anyone belittling an edict (fatwa) prohibiting Muslims from participating in beauty pageants, says Federal Territory syarie chief prosecutor Ibrahim Deris.

He added that even non-Muslims would not be spared because such behaviour would be deemed as insulting Islam.

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