Public caning should only be for adultery, says Perlis Mufti


PETALING JAYA: Perlis Mufti Datuk Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin, better known as Dr Maza, says that public caning under syariah law should be limited to adultery.

He said there were no stipulations in Islamic law which states that khalwat (close proximity) offenders should be publicly caned.

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