Expedite setting up committee on state Islamic laws' enactment - Mais

The Selangor Islamic Religious Council (Mais) has urged the government to expedite the establishment of a special committee to study the competency of state legislative assemblies to enact Islamic laws.

Its chairperson Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof said this is in view of cases that use litigation to allegedly threaten Islam's position as the federal and states' official religion.

He cited the constitutional challenge by...