WANITA Umno will set up a steering committee to see that Syariah courts are elevated on par with civil courts including the setting up of a Syariah Bar Council.
Its chief Tan Sri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil said the proposal was aimed at standardising and upgrading the nation’ Syariah judiciary system, particularly with regard to the distribution of the estate of the deceased to beneficiaries and widows.
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