Lawyer Siti Kasim calls decision on SIS ‘crazy’, says company can’t be called ‘Muslim’


Lawyer Siti Kasim slams the Kuala Lumpur High Court’s decision on Sisters in Islam, calling it ‘devastating’ for Muslims. – The Malaysian Insight pic, August 27, 2019.

THE Kuala Lumpur High Court’s decision to refer Sisters in Islam’s (SIS) bid to challenge a fatwa declaring it a deviant organisation to the shariah court is dangerous one for Muslims and for companies, said lawyer Siti Kasim.

Reacting to judge Nordin Hassan’s decision today to dismiss SIS’ challenge against the fatwa by Selangor religious authorities, Siti Kasim said companies could now be considered “Muslim” by virtue of having Muslim directors and shareholders.


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  • What crap!
    Did the judge go to some sekolah pondok?

    Posted 4 years ago by Watch Dog

  • The minds of the products of the broken Malaysian Education System, of the doctrine of KETUANAN, of the religious pressures on the mind.

    Posted 4 years ago by Ravinder Singh

  • The Islamisation of legal persons, body corporates, new Malaysia, apa pun boleh.

    Posted 4 years ago by Mahsuri Smiles

  • The judge made the right decision although it is bitter to SIS.

    Posted 4 years ago by It's me GR

    • It is not the judge who made the decision to ban SIS its the Selangor government throught its agency. The judge said that it is not his jurisdiction so whatever he says mean nothing.

      Posted 4 years ago by Hashim Harun

  • Well no need to tear our hair over this judgement of a single judge. The system allow for appeal to better reasoning. Beside Selangor is a DAP and PKR government not UMNO and PAS. Why should Selangor PH government be more Kelantan then PAs? i find it strange SIS and the like seems to be going round in circle. Now Selangor is not run by UMNO why is SIS finding no support from liberal and secular party like DAP and PKR? Whatever is done by MAIS is in the name of the Government.
    There are basic reasoning here where fatwa are not legally binding unless approved by the Selangor State Government. At the end of the the its the Selangor Govt who made the decision to ban SIS.
    The Selangor Govt is incompetent, There is no PAS in the exco or Umno but its against women freedom of speech. Hello wakeup...

    Posted 4 years ago by Hashim Harun