17 March 2011

Malaysian Christian lawyer barred from Shariah courts

.... An increasing number of cases heard in the Islamic courts involve both Muslims and non-Muslims. Malaysia runs two parallel legal systems. The civil courts cater to its non-Muslim citizens while the Islamic system decides issues affecting the fate of the country's Muslim majority.

A judge in Kuala Lumpur dismissed her challenge to the decision of a religious council that all lawyers in Islamic courts must be Muslim. [BBC] Read more