Putrajaya hopes to lead states in updating laws on religious propagation

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Federal legislation to control and restrict the spread of non-Muslim religions to Muslims can serve as a guide for other states to update their enactments on the matter.This is according to Nik Bahrum Nik Abdullah (above), who leads the technical committee on syariah and civil laws at the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jakim).Yesterday, Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Ahmad Marzuk Shaary revealed that Putrajaya was planning to draft a Non-Islamic Religions (Control of Propagation Amongst Muslims) Bill.At present, most states already have similar enactments but they were all drafted in the 1980s. Sabah, Sarawak, Penang, and Perlis are the only states which do not have such laws.The anti-propagation enactments provide for a fine of up to RM10,000, imprisonment of up to a year, or both for spreading non-Muslim religions to Muslims.However, there…