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Case Summary: Supreme Court (Sharia Court Circuit) Contestation 59/2005 (Evidentiary Weight of Religious Fatwas)

Post author By Raghd Al-Hosni
Post date December 24, 2005

The Supreme Court held that a religious fatwa issued by the Grand Mufti is not binding on the judiciary because the objective of a religious fatwa is simply to respond to the query of the inquirer based on the facts they present.

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