Kelantan's newly enforced syariah law covers sorcery, necrophilia, tattoos
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Kelantan's Syariah Criminal Code (I) Enactment 2019, which came into force yesterday, criminalises 24 new offences.
Among others, the law criminalises sorcery, falsely claiming to be a prophet, attempting to renounce Islam, necrophilia, bestiality, having tattoos, disobeying parents, gambling, under-weighing of goods, and homosexual activities.
The full list of offences, including the newly enforced 24, are as follows...
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