ISLAMIC SCHOLAR: ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW NEEDS THOROUGH REVIEW

KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 (Bernama) -- The country's Islamic Family Law needs
to be comprehensively reviewed although it has been enforced all this while,
says Perlis Islamic Scholar Dr Juanda Jaya.

In a statement issued Wednesday, he said one of the issues that should be
looked into is marriages involving underage girls, which could be curbed by the
religious authority (court).

He raised this in light of the widely reported marriage between two girls
aged 10 and 11 to two men aged 40 and 41 in Kelantan recently.

Juanda said it would be sad if weaknesses in the Islamic Family Law were
left unchecked as this could tarnish the image of the religion.

"Do we want our syariah law to be complete and beautiful, or outdated and
narrow?" he said adding that besides the Islamic Family Law, the other syariah
laws could also be reviewed.

He said it was time for all Muslims to seriously address the issues to
protect the image of Islam and the ummah (community).

-- BERNAMA