Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Mohd Na’im Mokhtar has refuted an interfaith council’s argument that the proposed amendment to the Syariah Courts Act 1965 was unconstitutional.

That is because, Na’im said, the Malaysian Consultative Council for Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and Taoism (MCCBCHST) has misinterpreted the proposed amendment as one which will create a new law or a similar provision that currently exists under the Federal Constitution.