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Thursday, November 6, 2014

SIS tells why it filed judicial review on fatwa

The judicial review is not a religious issue but a constitutional one related to “our right to freedom of expression, freedom of association and freedom of religion”.
SIS 300KUALA LUMPUR: Sisters in Islam (SIS) has clarified that it is not challenging the Sultan of Selangor over a fatwa, or the fatwa itself, but exercising its right to be informed on the fatwa and the process by which the fatwa was gazetted.
The clarification was made during a dialogue with several PAS lawmakers, which was arranged by Global Movement of Moderates (GMM) CEO Saifuddin Abdullah.
“They are just applying for a judicial review because they were named in the fatwa. We should understand that position,” said Saifuddin.
SIS board member Marina Mahathir explained that SIS had no choice but to file the judicial review since the three-month window of opportunity was closing.
“It so happened that we found out about the fatwa by chance only 10 days before the deadline for a judicial review,” she said. “We did write to ask the authorities concerned about the fatwa, but received no response.”
SIS founding member Zainah Anwar takes the view that fatwas can be reviewed and changed. Besides, she said, the judicial review was not a religious issue but a constitutional one related to “our right to freedom of expression, freedom of association and freedom of religion”.
“Fatwas can be reviewed, and they have been changed,” she told a press conference.
“Look at the fatwas on Amanah Saham Nasional and Amanah Saham Berhad in Selangor. First they said the unit trust funds were haram (prohibited). Then it was changed to ‘tidak halal’ (not permissible),” said Zainah. “So was that a violation of the Sultan’s authority?”
She was referring to a statement by the Sultan of Selangor today, in which he urged Muslims in Selangor not to criticize fatwas issued in the state as they were approved by him after it had gone through a rigorous process observed by the National Fatwa Council (NFC) in line with the laws in the Quran, hadith and other relevant texts.
The fatwa against SIS, which was gazetted in Selangor in July, declared that the NGO and any other similar organisation that promoted “liberalism and pluralism” were deviant to the teachings of Islam.

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