Syariah (the Malay spelling of "Sharia") refers to Sharia law in Islamic religious law and deals with exclusively Islamic laws, having jurisdiction upon every Muslim in

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. The Syariah Court system is one of the two separate court systems which exist in the general Malaysian legal system. There is a parallel system of state Syariah Courts, which have limited jurisdiction over matters of state Islamic law. Syariah Courts have jurisdiction only over Muslims in matters relating to

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and

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, and can generally only pass sentences of not more than three years' imprisonment, a fine of up to RM5,000, and/or up to six strokes of the cane. Article 145 of the

Malaysian constitution The Federal Constitution of Malaysia ( ms, Perlembagaan Persekutuan Malaysia) which was promulgated on 16 September 1963, is the supreme law of Malaysia and contains a total of 183 articles. It is a written legal document which was preceded ...

says the

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has no power over matters related to the Syariah Courts. There are three levels of the courts: Appeal, High, and Subordinate.The World Factbook
/ref> Unlike Malaysian civil courts, which are federal in scope, Syariah Courts are primarily established by individual state law. Similarly, Islamic law is a matter limited to each state, with the exception of the

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, as provided in Article 3 of the constitution. Thus, the application of Sharia law may differ among the states. There are 13 state Sharia law departments and one for the Federal Territories.

Chief Judges of the Syariah Court

* Sheikh Ghazali Abdul Rahman (1997–2009) * Ibrahim Lembut (2009–2017) * Mukhyuddin Ibrahim (2017–2019) * Mohd Naim Mokhtar (2019–2022)

Judges of the Syariah Court of Appeal

Current judges

# ''Vacant'' # Yusof Musa # Mohd Shukor Sabudin # Saarani Ismail # Mohd Naim Mokhtar # Mohd Amran Mat Zain

References

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External links

Department of Syariah Judiciary Malaysia PortalMalaysian Syariah Court Web Portal
(Malay) Judiciary of Malaysia Sharia in Malaysia Islamic courts and tribunals

Chief Judges of the Syariah Court

Judges of the Syariah Court of Appeal

Current judges

See also

References

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