KINIGUIDE | A few days ago, Perikatan Nasional members were up in arms and threatening to hold multiple public rallies over a family’s legal bid to nullify 20 syariah offences under Kelantan’s religious laws.

Kota Bharu MP Takiyuddin Hassan claimed that similar syariah enactments in all 14 states would be invalidated if the Federal Court allows the legal challenge by Kelantan-born lawyer Nik Elin Abdul Rashid and her daughter Tengku Yasmin Nastasha Tengku Abdul Rahman.

The apex court is set to resume hearing of the family’s challenge on Nov 20.

The question is: Does a court's challenge over the constitutional validity of a specific state’s religious laws affect the syariah laws of...