KUALA LUMPUR, March 27 — Muslims who insult hudud can be charged under Shariah law as it is tantamount to mocking Islam, Kelantan Mufti Datuk Mohamad Shukri Mohamad said yesterday.

Local daily New Straits Times also reported Shukri as saying that the video presented by BFM journalist Aisyah Tajuddin, which questioned Kelantan’s priorities in pursuing the implementation of hudud, showed that her faith in Islam had eroded.

“Muslims should not make fun of Allah’s law such as hudud,” Shukri was quoted saying.

“Do not simply comment or say words which can weaken the faith of other Muslims,” he added, referring to Aisyah.

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Aisyah and two other staff from the business radio station are under investigation by the police and the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) after an uproar over the BFM video titled “Hudud Isi Periuk Nasi? (Kupas)” (Does hudud fill our rice bowls?).

They are being probed under Section 298 of the Penal Code that outlaws causing disharmony or ill-will on the grounds of religion, as well as Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 that prohibits an “improper use of network facilities or network service”, an offence defined as making “obscene, indecent, false, menacing or offensive” comments.

BFM has since issued an apology and taken down the video that was posted on its website and YouTube channel last week, followed by an apology from Aisyah.

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