25 Aug 2020
KETUA PEGAWAI PENGUATKUASA AGAMA & 4 LAGI MAQSOOD AHMAD & 38 LAGI
- Citation
- B-01(A)-468-07/2018 dan B-01(A)-513-08/2018 (Mahkamah Rayuan)
- Court
- A
- Case number
- B-01(A)-468-07/2018 dan B-01(A)-513-08/2018 (Mahkamah Rayuan)
Syariah Courts, not Magistrates' Courts, have jurisdiction to try offences under s97(2) ARIE 2003 because the provision concerns mosques and matters within the precepts of Islam under List II Item 1; however where a State-gazetted fatwa validly declares a group (here the Ahmadiyya in Selangor) non-Muslim, members of that group are outside Syariah jurisdiction; designation 'Islam' on MyKad is not conclusive proof of professed religion and the burden to prove one’s religious identity lies on the person asserting it; factual determination whether each respondent is Ahmadiyya by original faith or…