The Star Online: Nation
The Star Online: Nation |
- Appelate court dismisses appeal of Ayah Pin follower
- First Sarawak Deputy CM and former SNAP chief James Wong dies at age 89
- Man fails in bid to be legally declared a woman
| Appelate court dismisses appeal of Ayah Pin follower Posted: 18 Jul 2011 05:45 AM PDT PUTRAJAYA: A follower of the Ayah Pin deviationist sect failed in her appeal here Monday to reinstate her application seeking for a declaration that she has the absolute right and freedom under the Federal Constitution to profess and practice any religion. Justices Datuk Seri Abu Samah Nordin, Datuk Azhar Ma'ah and Datuk Clement Allan Skinner agreed with the decision of the then High Court judge Tan Sri Md Raus Shariff (now Federal Court judge) that the matter was within the sole domain of the Syariah Court by virtue of Article 121 (1A) of the Federal Constitution. Article 121 (1A) of the Constitution gives the exclusive jurisdiction to the Syariah Court to determine matters relating to Islam. The panel unanimously dismissed Kamariah Ali's appeal against the Dec 30 2005 High Court's decision which threw out her originating summons and also her application to refer legal questions to the Federal Court. Justice Azhar held that the subject matter before the High Court was apostasy and, therefore, was within the Syariah Court's jurisdiction and not the Civil Court. Kamariah, who was represented by Malik Imtiaz Sarwar, was ordered to pay legal costs of RM10,000 to respondents Majlis Agama Islam dan Adat Melayu Terengganu and the state government, and another RM5,000 to the Attorney-General's Chambers. Kamariah, 60, wanted the Federal Court to determine whether the right to profess a religion as enshrined under Article 11 (1), includes the right of Muslims who have reached adulthood, to leave the religion. In her originating summons, she sought a declaration that the choice to profess a religion was determined by her and not by any declaration or confirmation of another party. She also wanted the court to declare that she had the right to enforce her absolute right to profess any religion of her choice as enshrined under Article 11 by declaring herself no longer professing Islam and that any federal law and state enactment, with respect to Islamic religion did not apply to her. On July 20 2005, officers of the Department of Religious Affairs, Terengganu (JHEAT), with the help of the police raided Kampung Ayah Pin, located in the Besut District, Terengganu and arrested many people, including Kamariah. On Aug 4, 2005, Kamariah was charged at the Kuala Terengganu Syariah High Court for allegedly committing offences against the Islamic law under Section 10 and Section 7 of the Criminal Offences Enactment (Takzir) (Terengganu) 2001. - Bernama Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price. |
| First Sarawak Deputy CM and former SNAP chief James Wong dies at age 89 Posted: 18 Jul 2011 05:40 AM PDT KUCHING: Sarawak's first Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar James Wong Kim Min, 89, passed away Monday morning after a heart attack. He was rushed to Normah Medical Specialist Centre here at about 10am and died shortly after. Wong played an instrumental role in the formation of Malaysia. He was the state's longest-serving assemblyman and became Deputy Chief Minister in 1963. He was also formerly Sarawak National Party (SNAP) president and held several state ministerial portfolios before retiring from active public service in 2001. More in The Star on Tuesday Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price. |
| Man fails in bid to be legally declared a woman Posted: 18 Jul 2011 05:38 AM PDT KUALA TERENGGANU: A medical assistant failed in his bid to be declared a woman, when his application for a gender change was rejected by the High Court here Monday. Mohd Ashraf Hafiz Abd Aziz, 26, also wanted his name changed on his birth certificate and MyKad to Aleesha Farhana Abd Aziz. Justice Datuk Mohd Yazid Mustafa, in rejecting Mohd Ashraf's application, said there was no legal statute to grant such an application based on the factor of a sex-change operation. He added the plaintiff did not satisfied three other criteria for being declared a woman - chromosome count, and exterior as well interior organs. More in The Star on Tuesday Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price. |
| You are subscribed to email updates from The Star Online: Nation To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
| Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610 | |
0 ulasan:
Catat Ulasan