Federal Court grants SIS forum leave to proceed appeal against fatwa labelling it as deviant


PUTRAJAYA: SIS Forum (Malaysia) obtained leave from the Federal Court to proceed with its appeal against a fatwa issued by the Selangor religious authorities that labelled the company as deviant from the teachings of Islam.

A three-member panel of judges comprising Court of Appeal President Tan Sri Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim, Chief Judge of Malaya Datuk Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah and Federal Court judge Tan Sri Nallini Pathmanathan on Monday (Aug 21) allowed the women’s rights group’s application to get leave to appeal with 10 questions of law to be argued in the substantive appeal.

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