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Monday, October 20, 2014

Kelantan’s Friday prayer rule ‘harsh and unworkable’

Lawyers for Liberty opposes the plan to punish men who miss the Friday prayer three times in a row.
friday prayezPETALING JAYA: Lawyers for Liberty (LFL) has urged the Kelantan government to cancel its plan to punish Muslim men who miss the Friday congregational prayer for three consecutive weeks.
“It is unconstitutional, oppressive and unworkable,” the NGO said in a statement today.
It was reacting to a statement that Kelantan Exco Mohd Nassuruddin Daud made in the state assembly last week. Nassuruddin said the state was empowered by Section 104 of Kelantan’s Islamic and Malay Customs Council Enactment to punish offenders with imprisonment of up to a year or a fine of RM1,000.
“The serious repercussion of such an excessive and overkill law to force what is essentially a personal matter of faith should not be underestimated, as this provision effectively places all Muslims in Kelantan under restricted residence like hardened criminals as they would have to report to the local mosque every Friday,” LFL said.
“Besides breaching fundamental freedoms as guaranteed by the Constitution, its obvious impracticality brings into question whether the Kelantan government has thought through the enforcement of such a wide-ranging provision.
“What happens when the person wants to go to Friday prayer in a different mosque other than the local mosque? Can he register in more than one mosque or must he register in all mosques that he attends?
“What happens when he goes out of Kelantan or overseas? What happens if he is ill or has other obligations?
“Does he have an obligation under law to inform the local mosque or all mosques he is registered to every time he is unable to attend Friday prayer? Does it affect Muslims travelling to Kelantan? What about foreigner Muslims?
“We therefore call upon the Kelantan government to revoke its decision.”

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