Tipping the scales: Is the fatwa declaring Sisters in Islam a ‘deviant organisation’ constitutional?
A gripping decade-long legal battle has seen Sisters In Islam, a women’s rights group in Malaysia, challenging a fatwa that declared the NGO a “deviant” group. The fatwa, issued by the Selangor Islamic Council (MAIS), declared that any individual or organisation promoting liberalism or religious pluralism were deviating from the teachings of Islam — and it name-dropped SIS specifically. Watch the full video to find out how SIS is continuing to challenge the validity of the fatwa.
Tipping the Scales is a video series on landmark court cases in Malaysia that upheld the right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion or belief produced by MCCHR in collaboration with The Fourth.
Produced by Toh Nyon Nyin & Asma Badr.
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