KUALA LUMPUR/PADANG: Ms Hasyimah Ayuni has only recently taken an interest in Islam outside the mosque. The youngest of seven siblings, Ms Hasyimah, who is pursuing a masters degree in environmental ...

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has ruled that civil courts have no jurisdiction over matters involving persons seeking to renounce Islam as they come under the Syariah Court. Judge Datuk Ahmad ...

KUALA LUMPUR — Putrajaya has formed a special department to address issues relating Islam and syariah law, days after Malaysia’s apex court declared the unilateral conversion of a Hindu woman’s ...

PUTRAJAYA: A Muslim convert today failed in his attempt to obtain leave to appeal against the Court of Appeal’s decision dismissing his bid to renounce Islam and return to Christianity. A three-member ...

SINGAPORE: Malaysia has set a deadline for greater harmony between its Federal Constitution and the Islamic Syariah law of its individual states, a timeframe an analyst has described as unrealistic, ...

HONG KONG (AFP) - Brunei on Wednesday (April 3) introduced harsh new syariah laws - including death by stoning for adultery and gay sex - despite a storm of global criticism from rights groups.

KUALA TERENGGANU – The public caning of a man over an offence under syariah law in Terengganu, a Malaysian state ruled by the country’s main Islamist party, has sparked tensions between conservative ...

The challenge on the constitutionality and legality of 18 Kelantan syariah criminal provisions has nothing to do with the position of Islam or the Syariah Court nor will they be affected by today’s ...

COMMENT To save BN's non-Malay components from the embarrassment of letting Hadi's Private Member's Bill on syariah court's criminal justification to complete its first reading, Prime Minister Najib ...

Most of the world’s nearly fifty Muslim-majority countries have laws that reference sharia, the guidance Muslims believe God provided them on a range of spiritual and worldly matters. Some of these ...

Kuala Lumpur – Sitting in a court library surrounded by Islamic law books, Nenney Shushaidah Binti Shamsuddin is polite and softly spoken as she describes the rigours of her job. When I'm on the bench ...

SHAH ALAM - Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad (Bank Islam) has formed a strategic partnership with Nomura Asset Management Malaysia (Nomura), marking its first direct collaboration with a global asset ...