This section brings together analysis of the law governing freedom of religion or belief in Malaysia – case law from the civil and Syariah courts, statutes that may sit uneasily against the Federal Constitution, and the international human rights standards Malaysia has committed to or been measured against. It also looks outward, comparing how other jurisdictions approach the same tension between religious freedom and religious authority, and in time will include conversations with institutions engaged on these questions.
This is written from the perspective of a law graduate with first-hand experience of these processes – legal analysis, commentaries and opinions.
Part 4 of 4 – The Distinction, and What Falls on Each Side Part 3 ended with Rosliza and the distinction it drew: a person who never was a Muslim…
Part 3 of 4 – Leading up to Two Roads Part 2 ended with two Federal Court decisions from 2007 that are difficult to reconcile, and with a statutory landscape…
Part 2 of 4 – The Gap, and How It Was Filled Part 1 ended in 1991 with case authorities pointing in a broadly consistent direction in interpreting Article 121(1A),…
Part 1 of 4 – The Framework as Designed Few questions cut closer to the heart of Malaysia’s constitutional design than the relationship between religious freedom and the place of…
