Searching the essence of the Malaysian Constitution: between Islam and secular

This paper seeks to find the essence of the Malaysian constitution, between the Islamic and secular character of the constitution. The research examines the history and drafting of the constitution and studies the text of the Federal Constitution. The paper explores the meaning of secularism and sec...

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Main Author:	Shuaib, Farid Sufian
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	2014
Subjects:	H96 Public policy (General), Policy sciences K Law (General) KBP Islamic Law KPG Malaysia
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/40395/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/40395/3/SLAS4_Program.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/40395/6/Farid.pdf

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spelling	iium-403952015-01-30T03:51:56Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/40395/ Searching the essence of the Malaysian Constitution: between Islam and secular Shuaib, Farid Sufian H96 Public policy (General), Policy sciences K Law (General) KBP Islamic Law KPG Malaysia This paper seeks to find the essence of the Malaysian constitution, between the Islamic and secular character of the constitution. The research examines the history and drafting of the constitution and studies the text of the Federal Constitution. The paper explores the meaning of secularism and secular state and compares the application of secular character in the constitution of some European countries. Several relevant case laws from Europe provide a comparative material in considering the extension of the same approach to Malaysia. The effect of such characterisation of a constitution and a country in the application of ordinary laws is considered. 2014 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/40395/3/SLAS4_Program.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/40395/6/Farid.pdf Shuaib, Farid Sufian (2014) Searching the essence of the Malaysian Constitution: between Islam and secular. In: Seminar of Law and Society 4 (SLAS 4): Development of the Law and Islamization, The Malaysian and Indonesian Perspectives, 9 September 2014, International Islamic University Malaysia, Gombak, Malaysia. (Unpublished)
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topic	H96 Public policy (General), Policy sciences K Law (General) KBP Islamic Law KPG Malaysia
spellingShingle	H96 Public policy (General), Policy sciences K Law (General) KBP Islamic Law KPG Malaysia Shuaib, Farid Sufian Searching the essence of the Malaysian Constitution: between Islam and secular
description	This paper seeks to find the essence of the Malaysian constitution, between the Islamic and secular character of the constitution. The research examines the history and drafting of the constitution and studies the text of the Federal Constitution. The paper explores the meaning of secularism and secular state and compares the application of secular character in the constitution of some European countries. Several relevant case laws from Europe provide a comparative material in considering the extension of the same approach to Malaysia. The effect of such characterisation of a constitution and a country in the application of ordinary laws is considered.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Shuaib, Farid Sufian
author_facet	Shuaib, Farid Sufian
author_sort	Shuaib, Farid Sufian
title	Searching the essence of the Malaysian Constitution: between Islam and secular
title_short	Searching the essence of the Malaysian Constitution: between Islam and secular
title_full	Searching the essence of the Malaysian Constitution: between Islam and secular
title_fullStr	Searching the essence of the Malaysian Constitution: between Islam and secular
title_full_unstemmed	Searching the essence of the Malaysian Constitution: between Islam and secular
title_sort	searching the essence of the malaysian constitution: between islam and secular
publishDate	2014
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/40395/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/40395/3/SLAS4_Program.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/40395/6/Farid.pdf
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Searching the essence of the Malaysian Constitution: between Islam and secular

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