PAS deputy president Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man has lauded former chief justice Ahmad Fairuz Abdul Halim's for suggesting that "antique" English common law be replaced with Islamic law.

"PAS holds Ahmad Fauriz's opinion to high regard. The reality is law is meant to resolve disputes and deter wrongdoing and crime.

"If we have realised that the current law failed to achieve this objectives, should we continue on with it?

"At a time when man-made laws have failed to build a harmonious society, shouldn't we give Allah's system a chance for the good of mankind?" he said in a statement today.