Proposal to amend legislation could paint bad image of Islam, says SIS


  • Nation
  • Saturday, 26 Nov 2016

PETALING JAYA: The proposal to amend the Syariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act 1965 can potentially result in more injustices in the long run and paint a bad image of Islam as a punitive religion, said Sisters in Islam (SIS). 

In a statement on Saturday, the non-governmental organisation said that the public deserved an explanation of the rationale behind the leap in expansion of punishment from the present limit to the proposed limit.

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