Apex court to hear SIS forum appeal over fatwa labelling it deviant on Feb 27

The Federal Court has set Feb 27, next year to hear rights group SIS Forum (Malaysia)’s appeal to challenge a fatwa issued by the Selangor religious authorities in 2014 - which had labelled it as deviant from the teachings of Islam.

SIS Forum’s lawyer A Surendra Ananth and lawyer Majdah Muda representing Selangor Islamic Religious Council (Mais) told Bernama the hearing date has been fixed on Feb 27 following a case management before Federal Court deputy registrar Suhaila Haron today...