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Kelantan's newly enforced syariah law covers sorcery, necrophilia, tattoos
Kelantan's Syariah Criminal Code (I) Enactment 2019, which came into force yesterday, criminalises 24 new offences.
Among others, the law criminalises sorcery, falsely claiming to be a prophet, attempting to renounce Islam, necrophilia, bestiality, having tattoos, disobeying parents, gambling, under-weighing of goods, and homosexual activities.
The full list of offences, including the newly enforced 24, are as follows...
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