KUALA LUMPUR: Only the Syariah court has the exclusive jurisdiction to deal with the case against academician Kassim Ahmad for insulting Islam, the High Court heard yesterday.
Federal counsel from the Attorney-General’s Chambers submitted yesterday that Kassim’s application for an order to quash a decision by the Federal Territory Islamic Religious Department (Jawi) to prosecute him for allegedly insulting Islam should be deemed as academic.
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