Bridging the prohetic legacy through time: A preliminary account on Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama'ah and Perlis state constitution of 1948

• Main Authors: Hassan, Hazman, Ahmad Sabri, Ahmad Zaharuddin Sani, Mohd Othman, Fadlan, Abdul Aziz, Azwira, Basir @ Ahmad, Aminuddin, Othman, Mohd Radzi
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc; DS Asia
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/14468/1/24.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/14468/; http://www.iaha2014.uum.edu.my/
• Institution: Universiti Utara Malaysia

On 1st February 1948, the state of Perlis promulgated her first formally written constitution.Article 5(1) of this constitution declared: ‘The religion of the State shall be the religion of Islam Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama’ah as heretofore professed and practiced in the State’.While other Malaysian st...