Malaysian court lifts ban on book by Sisters in Islam

by: Salaam

Tue Jan 26, 2010 at 11:26:06 AM EST

The Kuala Lumpur High Court ruled Monday that "Muslim Women and the Challenge of Islamic Extremism" did not pose any threat to national security, said Malik Imtiaz Sarwar, a lawyer for Sisters in Islam, the Malaysian women's advocacy group that published the book.

The Home Ministry had banned the compilation of essays in 2008, two years after it went into circulation, saying it could undermine people's faith and disrupt public order.

According to a 2008 ministry letter to Sisters in Islam, the book mainly went too far in questioning whether Islamic family laws discriminate against women in issues such as polygamy and divorce.

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