{"id":55401,"date":"2017-03-25T19:09:52","date_gmt":"2017-03-25T11:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buletinonline.net\/v7\/?p=55401"},"modified":"2017-03-25T19:11:33","modified_gmt":"2017-03-25T11:11:33","slug":"laws-contradicting-islamic-scriptures-invalid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/laws-contradicting-islamic-scriptures-invalid\/","title":{"rendered":"Any Laws Contradicting Islamic Scriptures Invalid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>(Former Chief Justice Tun Ahmad Fairuz Abdul Halim speaks at a special lecture on Islam as the law of the land at the Majestic Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, March 25, 2017. \u2014 Picture by Choo Choy May)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Any laws which run contrary to Islamic scriptures are null and void, said a controversial former chief justice who had once proposed that the English Common Law be replace by Shariah laws.<\/p>\n<p>In a lecture on \u201cIslam as the law of the land\u201d, former chief justice Tun Ahmad Fairuz Abdul Halim had interpreted that the supremacy of Shariah laws is only second to the Federal Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel anything which is in contradiction to Islam is unconstitutional,\u201d Ahmad Fairuz said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe privy council has ruled in a case in Singapore that a law, to be valid, must conform to the fundamental rules laid down by the English law,\u201d he related, saying that this view was then also adopted by Malaysia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, as Islam is the federal religion, surely the fundamental principles of the law should be based not only on the English Common law, but on the Shariah,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmad Fairuz said that the Islamic holy book of Quran, and the Sunnah, the traditions and practices Prophet Muhammad, are the main source of Islamic laws.<\/p>\n<p>He then claimed that reading Articles 3 and 4 in the Constitution together means that any laws contradicting Islamic scriptures are void.<\/p>\n<p>Article 3 states that \u201cIslam is the religion of the Federation\u201d, while Article 4 states that \u201cConstitution is the supreme law of the Federation\u201d and any law passed after Independence and inconsistent with it shall be void.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd hence, laws that are against the Quran and Sunnah is null and void,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The lecture today was co-organised by the Malaysian Lawyers Circle, Malaysian Muslim Lawyers Association, Concerned Lawyers for Justice, Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia\u2019s legal arm iPeguam, and the Centre for Human Rights Research and Advocacy.-themalaymailonline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Former Chief Justice Tun Ahmad Fairuz Abdul Halim speaks at a special lecture on Islam as the law of the land at the Majestic Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, March 25, 2017. \u2014 Picture by Choo Choy May) Any laws which run contrary to Islamic scriptures are null and void, said a controversial former chief justice 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