Around a thousand Malaysians last Friday expressed outrage and shed tears as they gathered outside the country’s federal court, at a rally organised by Kelantan leaders ahead of a landmark ruling that rendered the state’s expansion of sharia law unconstitutional.
It was the usual spectacle associated with demonstrations organised by Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) – especially ones that involve the Islamist party’s policies.
Their supporters vehemently decried attempts to undo what the state leaders had achieved, saying the moves were…








