According to the New Straits Times, Ahmad said Brunei's move to embrace hudud has given the state new zest and confidence in implementing the law in the future.
“Kelantan has made efforts to enforce hudud for a long time but was unsuccessful because of various obstacles. "Some critics have alleged that the state government's action is a political ploy when it is they who are politicising the issue,” said the Kelantan MB (right).
The Kelantan state legislative assembly passed the implementation of hudud law in 1993.
Ahmad said the media has given the public a bad image of the Islamic laws, saying hudud is not limited to amputation of limbs and caning for related offences.
Hudud is a form of Islamic punishment implemented for certain crimes like theft, fornication, adultery and consuming alcoholic beverages.
Ahmad said the state government will not give up its aspirations.
Various foreign press last week reported that Brunei will be installing its hudud laws in various phases over the next six months.
Troubled by Ahmad's comments
Meanwhile, Kelantan MCA said they were troubled by Ahmad Yaakob’s comments as it did not consider how hudud laws will harm the minority non-Muslims who reside in the state.
“PAS assumes that only Muslims will be subjected to its party’s policies, and that non-Muslims will not be impacted. But previous encounters with local authorities have proven simply otherwise,” said Kelantan MCA’s state liaison committee secretary Tan Ken Ten in a statement.
Tan said MCA wants PAS to guarantee that hudud law will not be implemented in Kelantan as the party must recognise that Malaysia is a multi-ethnic, religious and cultural country.
“Mere window-dressing on slowing down is insufficient,” Tan said, bringing up again last month’s issue about how hair salons were made to remove some posters to comply with Islamic norms.
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