Towards an APEX Syariah court in Malaysia

Malaysia have 14 Syariah court systems. The main reason for this state of affairs is the distribution of legislative powers under the Federal Constitution between the federation and the States where Islam and Islamic Law are States matters. This paper looks at the consequences of having distinct Sya...

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Main Authors: Shuaib, Farid Sufian, Mohd Kamal, Mohd Hisham, Ahmad Bustami, Tajul Aris, Othman, Noraini, Sulaiman, Mohamad Syafiq
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
Published: 2015
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/43374/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/43374/1/towards_an_apex.pdf
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author Shuaib, Farid Sufian
Mohd Kamal, Mohd Hisham
Ahmad Bustami, Tajul Aris
Othman, Noraini
Sulaiman, Mohamad Syafiq
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Mohd Kamal, Mohd Hisham
Ahmad Bustami, Tajul Aris
Othman, Noraini
Sulaiman, Mohamad Syafiq
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description Malaysia have 14 Syariah court systems. The main reason for this state of affairs is the distribution of legislative powers under the Federal Constitution between the federation and the States where Islam and Islamic Law are States matters. This paper looks at the consequences of having distinct Syariah court systems based on States the courts and the laws differ from one State to another. This paper looks at the legal possibility of having 1 apex court for all the 14 Syariah court systems to streamline the administration and decisions of Syariah courts. Proposals in having such a court are included in the discussion.
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spelling iium-433742018-05-22T03:21:52Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/43374/ Towards an APEX Syariah court in Malaysia Shuaib, Farid Sufian Mohd Kamal, Mohd Hisham Ahmad Bustami, Tajul Aris Othman, Noraini Sulaiman, Mohamad Syafiq KPG Malaysia Malaysia have 14 Syariah court systems. The main reason for this state of affairs is the distribution of legislative powers under the Federal Constitution between the federation and the States where Islam and Islamic Law are States matters. This paper looks at the consequences of having distinct Syariah court systems based on States the courts and the laws differ from one State to another. This paper looks at the legal possibility of having 1 apex court for all the 14 Syariah court systems to streamline the administration and decisions of Syariah courts. Proposals in having such a court are included in the discussion. 2015 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/43374/1/towards_an_apex.pdf Shuaib, Farid Sufian and Mohd Kamal, Mohd Hisham and Ahmad Bustami, Tajul Aris and Othman, Noraini and Sulaiman, Mohamad Syafiq (2015) Towards an APEX Syariah court in Malaysia. In: 4th International Conference on Law & Society (ICLAS IV) 2015 , 10th-11th May 2015, Auditorium, Academic Building (UniSZA), Kuala Trengganu. https://www.unisza.edu.my/iclas2015/index.php?option=com_content&view=featured
spellingShingle KPG Malaysia
Shuaib, Farid Sufian
Mohd Kamal, Mohd Hisham
Ahmad Bustami, Tajul Aris
Othman, Noraini
Sulaiman, Mohamad Syafiq
Towards an APEX Syariah court in Malaysia
title Towards an APEX Syariah court in Malaysia
title_full Towards an APEX Syariah court in Malaysia
title_fullStr Towards an APEX Syariah court in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Towards an APEX Syariah court in Malaysia
title_short Towards an APEX Syariah court in Malaysia
title_sort towards an apex syariah court in malaysia
topic KPG Malaysia
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/43374/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/43374/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/43374/1/towards_an_apex.pdf