KUALA LUMPUR, March 17 (Bernama) -- The country's Islamic Family Law needs to be comprehensively reviewed although it has been enforced all this while, says Perlis Islamic Scholar Dr Juanda Jaya.

In a statement issued yesterday, he said one of the issues that should be looked into is marriages involving underage girls, which could be curbed by the religious authority (court).
 
He raised this in light of the widely reported marriage between two girls aged 10 and 11 to two men aged 40 and 41 in Kelantan recently.
 
Juanda said it would be sad if weaknesses in the Islamic Family Law were left unchecked as this could tarnish the image of the religion.
 
"Do we want our syariah law to be complete and beautiful, or outdated and narrow?" he said adding that besides the Islamic Family Law, the other syariah laws could also be reviewed.
 
He said it was time for all Muslims to seriously address the issues to protect the image of Islam and the ummah (community). -- Bernama