Hadi’s bill will affect non-Muslims, says Kelantan lawyer
(FMT) – PAS-ruled state provides glimpse of what is to come if Act 355 amendments passed, says lawyer Nik Elin Rashid.
To find out whether PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang’s private member’s bill affects non-Muslims, just take a look at Kelantan, says a lawyer from the state.
Nik Elin Rashid said events showed that shariah laws were being imposed on non-Muslim citizens in the PAS-led state.
For example, she said a non-Muslim owner of a watch shop had been fined for displaying a poster of Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai with her hair uncovered.
In the past, when cinemas were allowed in Kelantan, she said the movies screened only showed actresses with covered hair.
Nik Elin said the PAS government in Kelantan did not take steps to ensure shariah laws applied only to Muslims.
“Instead, they set the laws through the city councils which then implemented the policies, such as that anyone who wants to work in a supermarket must cover her hair,” Nik Elin said at a forum on a public action plan against the amendments to Act 355, in Brickfields here last night.
The forum was organised by Hindraf.
Nik Elin said PAS’ argument that hudud would deter crime was flawed.
“We have the Dangerous Drugs Act which makes the death sentence mandatory, yet we still have drug addicts.
“If the noose is not going to scare them, what makes you think cutting off the hands is going to?” she said.
