How is your Bill Islamic, Dr M asks Hadi

KUALA LUMPUR: PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang’s Private Member’s Bill on Syariah court amendments is "un-Islamic,” Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (pic) says.

"They are trying to do something that is unjust, cutting off a Muslim's hand when a non-Muslim gets two months jail.

"What they are proposing is un-Islamic," said Dr Mahathir after officiating the launch of Perdana Global Peace Foundation's War Disaster Fund.

Last Thursday, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said tabled a motion to expedite the tabling of the Bill in Parliament to amend the Shariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act 1965.

However, Hadi asked for the Bill to be debated at the next meeting in October.

If the Bill is passed in Parliament, it will pave the way for PAS-led Kelantan to implement Syariah laws in the state.