Islamic Legislation Enforced by Kelantan Local Council

Abstract

Local council, also known as local government (worldwide) and local authority (Malaysia). Local Government Act 1976 is the main reference and regulates the operation of local councils in Malaysia, and all are placed under the jurisdiction of the state government. The legislation created by the local council is named by-laws, and each has its autonomy in legislating its law according to their needs. As such, some local councils, especially in eastern peninsular Malaysia, executed Islamic by-laws in performing their duties and functions at the designated administration area. The focus of the study was to analyse the issue of the ban on unisex salons, enforcement of board guidelines advertisement that compulsory to cover the aurat, and the enforcement of proper clothing covering the aurat among the Muslim community and dressing politely for non-Muslims by the Kelantan local council. The enforcement is due to non-compliance among residents towards the local order. The main purpose of this study is to get viewpoints from residents on the Islamic by-law's enforcement together with the impact. Purposive sampling was utilized by the study and managed to gather 80 respondents through the Google form distributed. The result shows that the residents are aware of the Islamic by-laws authorized by the local council and respond well to the impact in influencing and shaping the resident's attitudes. Kota Bharu Municipal Council of Islamic City (MPKB-BRI) started the first step in applying Islamic by-laws. It became a good example of Islamic value teaching in their daily life operation being emulated by other local councils in Kelantan.