themalayonline.com: KUALA LUMPUR, July 1 ― Selangor religious enforcers have allegedly threatened several followers of the minority Ahmadiyya community with arrests to compel their appearance in the Shariah court tomorrow to continue a trial that has so far been postponed twice last year.
According to the Ahmadis, the Selangor Islamic Affairs Department (JAIS) is preparing arrest warrants to force 39 of its members ― three of them minors ― to appear before the Islamic courts, consequently violating a civil High Court order issued last year to halt all proceedings.
“They told our civil lawyers that if we do not attend on July 2, then arrest warrants will be issued. It was only three days ago, on Saturday, that we received this news,” Ainul Yakin M. Zain, the community’s spokesman, told Malay Mail Online over the phone.
“But so far, we have not personally received any letter from JAIS, nor have our Shariah lawyers,” he added, explaining that they have been advised by their civil lawyers to not appear in court tomorrow despite the alleged threat of arrest.
It is understood that the community’s lawyers from the firm BON Advocates received the call from a JAIS officer on June 24 to inform the Ahmadis of the warrants.
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