PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court will hear on Aug 21 an application by woman’s rights group SIS Forum (Malaysia) for leave to appeal in a bid to quash a fatwa (edict) issued by the Selangor religious authorities that labelled the group as deviant from the teachings of Islam.
This was confirmed by SIS Forum’s counsel, A. Surendra Ananth, and lawyer Yusfarizal Yussoff, who is representing the Selangor Islamic Religious Council (Mais), when contacted by Bernama.
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