Polygamy issue underscores need for uniform laws


  • Letters
  • Thursday, 09 Jan 2003

THE issue of polygamy continued to dominate the pages of the Malay press, with Utusan Malaysia carrying front-page comments by Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim on the need to streamline the syariah system nationwide. 

It quoted the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department as saying the relevant parties needed to think about ways to convince state governments to reform the syariah system. 

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