Islamic Criminal Law In Malaysia

The provision of islamic criminal law are provided in the shariah criminal code enactment ekjs which the enforcement can only be enforced on muslims only section 3 enactment 2 syariah criminal.

Islamic criminal law in malaysia. The court is known as the syariah court. 1 any person who worships nature or does any act which shows worship or reverence of any person animal place or thing in any manner contrary to islamic law shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding three. Islamic laws have been administered not only by the syari ah courts but also the civil courts. Islamic law refers to sharia law and in malaysia it is known and spelled as syariah.

The debate in malaysia is covered in a separate section in some detail. Mokhtar khairil azmin 2015 implementation of islamic criminal law syariah offences in a modern democratic federal country. 3 department of syariah faculty of islamic studies universiti kebangsaan malaysia. Article 3 also provides that islamic law is a state law matter with the exception for the federal territories of malaysia.

10 laws of malaysia act 559 part ii offences relating to aqidah wrongful worship 3. The dual system of law is provided in article 121 1a of the constitution of malaysia. However by article 121 1a of the constitution of malaysia today exclusive jurisdiction has been given to the syariah courts in the administration of islamic laws. This is because malaysia provides a good case study of the problematics of islamic criminal law in a contemporary muslim society with effects on a sizeable non muslim minority.

1 faculty of law universitikebangsaan malaysia. Caning was introduced as part of an effort to streamline sentencing under islamic criminal law. Islamic law is followed throughout the. The syariah laws in malaysia do not apply to non muslims.

A state in malaysia has introduced public.