Federalising Shariah courts in Malaysia: lessons from the Indonesian peradilan agama

Religion has an important place in the state and governance in Malaysia. The basic document of the state, namely the Federal Constitution, provides that Islam is the religion of the Federation and allows for the setting up of Shariah Courts. As a federation consisting of 13 states and the federal te...

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Main Author:	Shuaib, Farid Sufian
Format:	Article
Language:	English English
Published:	LexisNexis 2015
Subjects:	K Law (General) KBP Islamic Law KPG Malaysia
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/47429/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/47429/1/Art_Farid_FederalisingShariahCourt_MLJ15.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/47429/2/Art_Farid_FederalisingSyariahCourt_LexisNexisOnline_Evidence.pdf

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spelling	iium-474292018-05-22T03:15:42Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/47429/ Federalising Shariah courts in Malaysia: lessons from the Indonesian peradilan agama Shuaib, Farid Sufian K Law (General) KBP Islamic Law KPG Malaysia Religion has an important place in the state and governance in Malaysia. The basic document of the state, namely the Federal Constitution, provides that Islam is the religion of the Federation and allows for the setting up of Shariah Courts. As a federation consisting of 13 states and the federal territories, Malaysia has 14 courts of final appeals for its religious courts — known as Shariah Courts in Malaysia. This comes about since religious courts are under the respective states and federal territories' powers. As a unitary state, it is possible for Indonesia to provide a comparative framework for Malaysia to learn in its quest to harmonise religious courts. The structural framework of the judicial system in Indonesia such as the relationship between the religious courts (peradilan agama) and general courts (peradilan umum) could be compared with the Shariah Courts and the civil court in Malaysia. Furthermore, the singular reference to the Indonesian Supreme Court of cases from different provinces smoothen harmonisation of various courts' decisions. LexisNexis 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/47429/1/Art_Farid_FederalisingShariahCourt_MLJ15.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/47429/2/Art_Farid_FederalisingSyariahCourt_LexisNexisOnline_Evidence.pdf Shuaib, Farid Sufian (2015) Federalising Shariah courts in Malaysia: lessons from the Indonesian peradilan agama. Malayan Law Journal, 1. lviii-xv. ISSN 0025-1283
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description	Religion has an important place in the state and governance in Malaysia. The basic document of the state, namely the Federal Constitution, provides that Islam is the religion of the Federation and allows for the setting up of Shariah Courts. As a federation consisting of 13 states and the federal territories, Malaysia has 14 courts of final appeals for its religious courts — known as Shariah Courts in Malaysia. This comes about since religious courts are under the respective states and federal territories' powers. As a unitary state, it is possible for Indonesia to provide a comparative framework for Malaysia to learn in its quest to harmonise religious courts. The structural framework of the judicial system in Indonesia such as the relationship between the religious courts (peradilan agama) and general courts (peradilan umum) could be compared with the Shariah Courts and the civil court in Malaysia. Furthermore, the singular reference to the Indonesian Supreme Court of cases from different provinces smoothen harmonisation of various courts' decisions.
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author	Shuaib, Farid Sufian
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title	Federalising Shariah courts in Malaysia: lessons from the Indonesian peradilan agama
title_short	Federalising Shariah courts in Malaysia: lessons from the Indonesian peradilan agama
title_full	Federalising Shariah courts in Malaysia: lessons from the Indonesian peradilan agama
title_fullStr	Federalising Shariah courts in Malaysia: lessons from the Indonesian peradilan agama
title_full_unstemmed	Federalising Shariah courts in Malaysia: lessons from the Indonesian peradilan agama
title_sort	federalising shariah courts in malaysia: lessons from the indonesian peradilan agama
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Federalising Shariah courts in Malaysia: lessons from the Indonesian peradilan agama

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