The Kuala Lumpur High Court today dismissed women's rights group Sisters in Islam‘s (SIS) judicial review application against a fatwa by Selangor religious authorities declaring it as "deviant".<br /><br />In delivering his decision, High Court judge Nordin Hassan said the Selangor fatwa committee has complied with all procedures when it issued the fatwa against SIS.<br /><br />"As such, the judicial review application is dismissed with costs of RM10,000," said Justice Nordin after delivering his grounds of judgement.<br /><br />Among others, he said it was found that fatwa issued against SIS remained confined to matters under the jurisdiction of the syariah courts as limited by the Federal Constitution.
