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    Prosecute non-Muslims for khalwat

    So are they thinking of enforcing syariah laws on everyone now? Proposal to prosecute non-Muslims for khalwatThursday April 3, 2008 – excerpt from The Star Online   KUALA LUMPUR: A seminar on Syariah Law review wants non-Muslims found committing khalwat (close proximity) with Muslims to also be held liable. This was among the proposals made at the two-day seminar organised by the Islamic Institute of Understanding Malaysia (Ikim) and the Syariah Judiciary Department Malaysia.   Syariah Court of Appeal Judge Datuk Mohd Asri Abdullah said the seminar had proposed that non-Muslims committing khalwat with Muslims should also be sentenced accordingly, but in the civil courts.   “We don’t have the…