A company should be subjected to fatwa, says Federal Court judge


PUTRAJAYA: A company would still be bound by a fatwa (edict), especially in the case involving Sisters in Islam (SIS) Forum Malaysia, as the company comprises Muslims and its work is related to Islam, says a Federal Court judge.

Justice Abu Bakar Jais, who held the dissenting view in a 3-1 majority decision at the Federal Court, stated that a company could not exist without individuals managing it and asserted that the people behind SIS were Muslims.

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