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2022 MarsdenLR 942

FEDERAL COURT PUTRAJAYA
SIS FORUM (MALAYSIA) – Appellant
Versus
KERAJAAN NEGERI SELANGOR; MAJLIS AGAMA ISLAM SELANGOR (INTERVENER) – Respondent


Petitioner Advocates:Malik Imtiaz,Fahri Azzat,Surendra Ananth Anandaraju,Ameerul Aizat Noor Haslan ,Respondent Advocate: Salim Soib @ Hamid,Nur Irmawatie Daud,Muhammad Haziq Hashim

JUDGMENT

Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat CJ:

Introduction

[1] This petition arose out of the decision of the High Court in an application for judicial review No WA-25-204-10-2014 ('JR No 204') wherein the present petitioner (the applicant there) sought to challenge the validity of a fatwa dated 17 July 2014 (ref no MAIS/SU/BUU/01-2/002/2013-3(4) and gazetted on 31 July 2014) ('Fatwa'). For completeness, the Fatwa is reproduced below:

"FATWA PEMIKIRAN LIBERALISM DAN PLURALISM AGAMA.

1. SIS FORUM (Malaysia) dan mana-mana individu, pertubuhan, atau institusi yang berpegang kepada fahaman liberalism dan pluralism agama adalah sesat dan menyeleweng daripada ajaran Islam.

2. Mana-mana bahan terbitan yang berunsur pemikiran-pemikiran fahaman liberalism dan pluralism agama hendaklah diharamkan dan boleh dirampas.

3. Suruhanjaya Komunikasi dan Multimedia Malaysia (SKMM) hendaklah menyekat laman-laman sosial yang bertentangan dengan ajaran Islam dan Hukum Syarak.

4. Mana-mana individu yang berpegang kepada fahaman liberalism dan pluralism agama hendaklah bertaubat dan kembali ke jalan Islam."

[2] In the JR No 204 application, the petitioner sought, among others, for the following declarations: (i) to the exte

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