DAR AL ISLAM - MALAYSIA: NON-MOSLEMS IN MOSLEM NATIONS HAVE NO RIGHTS & SHARI'AH LAW IS SUPREME TO ALL OTHER LAWS...WHY IS THAT A SURPRISE?!?

No Freedom Worship for Muslims Says Court
by Baradan Kuppusamy

KUALA LUMPUR, May 31 (IPS) - The stunning decision by Malaysia's highest secular court this week that freedom of worship, a constitutional guarantee, does not apply to Malay Muslims is a major blow to freedom and constitutional democracy, lawyers and human rights activists say.

The Federal Court also reaffirmed that the civil court had no jurisdiction over any Islamic matters, even when non-Muslims are involved.

Wednesday's verdict does not end the Muslim, non-Muslim divide, but may cause it to worsen as the tussle for primacy between inherited secular guarantees and a resurgent Islam demanding pre-eminence for Shariah laws continues, said observers.

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