Syariah Courts of Malaysia

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Islamic court system court of law in Malaysia religious court

The Syariah Courts of Malaysia are Islamic law courts that handle personal and family matters for Muslims, operating in parallel with the country’s civil court system.

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Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic court system ⓘ court of law in Malaysia ⓘ religious court ⓘ
administeredBy	State Islamic Religious Councils NERFINISHED ⓘ state governments of Malaysia ⓘ
appealTo	Syariah Court of Appeal at state level ⓘ
appliesToReligion	Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
cannotExerciseJurisdictionOver	constitutional law matters ⓘ criminal offences under federal law ⓘ non-Muslims ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Federal Constitution of Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ
constitutionalProvision	State List of the Ninth Schedule of the Federal Constitution of Malaysia ⓘ
country	Malaysia ⓘ
distinctFrom	Syariah Courts of the Federal Territories NERFINISHED ⓘ
handlesMatter	Islamic inheritance (faraid) ⓘ apostasy cases involving Muslims in some states ⓘ custody of Muslim children ⓘ divorce of Muslims ⓘ maintenance (nafkah) for Muslims ⓘ marriage of Muslims ⓘ offences against Islamic precepts defined by state law ⓘ
hasLevel	Syariah Court of Appeal NERFINISHED ⓘ Syariah High Court NERFINISHED ⓘ Syariah Subordinate Court NERFINISHED ⓘ
judgeTitle	Syariah judge ⓘ
jurisdictionOver	Muslim citizens of Malaysia ⓘ Muslim permanent residents of Malaysia ⓘ
languageOfProceedings	Malay language NERFINISHED ⓘ
lawSource	Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) ⓘ Quran NERFINISHED ⓘ Sunnah NERFINISHED ⓘ state Islamic family law enactments ⓘ state Syariah criminal offences enactments ⓘ
legalDomain	Islamic criminal offences within state jurisdiction ⓘ Islamic family law ⓘ Islamic inheritance law ⓘ Islamic personal law ⓘ
limitedBy	Article 121(1A) of the Federal Constitution of Malaysia ⓘ
overseenBy	Yang di-Pertuan Agong in states without Sultans and Federal Territories ⓘ state Sultans in states with hereditary rulers ⓘ
parallelTo	Civil courts of Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Malaysian judicial system ⓘ
purpose	to adjudicate matters of Islamic law for Muslims in Malaysia ⓘ
relatedConcept	Civil courts of Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic family law in Malaysia ⓘ Syariah Court of Appeal (Malaysia) NERFINISHED ⓘ dual legal system in Malaysia ⓘ

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Malaysian judiciary → hasSpecializedCourt → Syariah Courts of Malaysia ⓘ