Towards an Apex sharia court in Malaysia

Malaysia has 14 Sharia 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 state matters. This paper looks at the consequences of having several distinc...

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Main Authors: Shuaib, Farid Sufian, Mohd Kamal, Mohd Hisham, Ahmad Bustami, Tajul Aris, Othman, Noraini, Sulaiman, Mohamad Syafiq
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Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia 2017
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spelling iium-609742019-08-17T12:54:35Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/60974/ Towards an Apex sharia court in Malaysia Shuaib, Farid Sufian Mohd Kamal, Mohd Hisham Ahmad Bustami, Tajul Aris Othman, Noraini Sulaiman, Mohamad Syafiq JF225 Organs and functions of government K Law (General) KBP Islamic Law Malaysia has 14 Sharia 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 state matters. This paper looks at the consequences of having several distinct Sharia court systems. The Sharia courts and the laws differ from one state to another. This paper looks at the legal possibility of having one apex court for all the 14 Sharia court systems to streamline the administration and decisions of the Sharia courts. Universiti Putra Malaysia 2017-03 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/60974/1/Farid_ApexCourt_Pertanika_2017.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/60974/7/60974_Towards%20an%20Apex%20Sharia%20Court%20in%20Malaysia%20_scopus.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/60974/13/60974_Towards%20an%20Apex%20sharia%20court%20in%20Malaysia_wos.pdf Shuaib, Farid Sufian and Mohd Kamal, Mohd Hisham and Ahmad Bustami, Tajul Aris and Othman, Noraini and Sulaiman, Mohamad Syafiq (2017) Towards an Apex sharia court in Malaysia. Pertanika Journal of Social Science and Humanities, 25 (Special Issue). pp. 309-322. ISSN 0128-7702 E-ISSN 2231-8534 http://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/Pertanika%20PAPERS/JSSH%20Vol.%2025%20(S)%20Mar.%202017/28%20JSSH(S)-0418-2016-1stProof.pdf
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topic JF225 Organs and functions of government
K Law (General)
KBP Islamic Law
spellingShingle JF225 Organs and functions of government
K Law (General)
KBP Islamic Law
Shuaib, Farid Sufian
Mohd Kamal, Mohd Hisham
Ahmad Bustami, Tajul Aris
Othman, Noraini
Sulaiman, Mohamad Syafiq
Towards an Apex sharia court in Malaysia
description Malaysia has 14 Sharia 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 state matters. This paper looks at the consequences of having several distinct Sharia court systems. The Sharia courts and the laws differ from one state to another. This paper looks at the legal possibility of having one apex court for all the 14 Sharia court systems to streamline the administration and decisions of the Sharia courts.
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author Shuaib, Farid Sufian
Mohd Kamal, Mohd Hisham
Ahmad Bustami, Tajul Aris
Othman, Noraini
Sulaiman, Mohamad Syafiq
author_facet Shuaib, Farid Sufian
Mohd Kamal, Mohd Hisham
Ahmad Bustami, Tajul Aris
Othman, Noraini
Sulaiman, Mohamad Syafiq
author_sort Shuaib, Farid Sufian
title Towards an Apex sharia court in Malaysia
title_short Towards an Apex sharia court in Malaysia
title_full Towards an Apex sharia court in Malaysia
title_fullStr Towards an Apex sharia court in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Towards an Apex sharia court in Malaysia
title_sort towards an apex sharia court in malaysia
publisher Universiti Putra Malaysia
publishDate 2017
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/60974/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/60974/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/60974/1/Farid_ApexCourt_Pertanika_2017.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/60974/7/60974_Towards%20an%20Apex%20Sharia%20Court%20in%20Malaysia%20_scopus.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/60974/13/60974_Towards%20an%20Apex%20sharia%20court%20in%20Malaysia_wos.pdf
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