A man who has never been recognized as a Muslim or Quranic teacher was charged on Monday ( Jun 24 ) with abusing the incorrect doctrine that made it illegal for Muslims to gamble and “marry in the spirit of the religion.”
Mohd Razif Radi, a 66-year-old Singaporean, is contesting a charge under the Administration of Muslim Law Act for exchanging a belief that is incompatible with Muslim rules.
He is accused of doing so from 2004 to 2020 by delivering three fake teachings: That playing can be made acceptable, that a man and a woman can be lawfully married by way of a religious marriage, and that he was able to conjure the spirit of” Mbah”.
” Mbah” is apparently the “last messiah” or from the pope’s lineage.
In accordance with a declaration of information that the prosecution and the defense agreed, Razif and a girl named Marlinah Ahmad established Lina’s Cafe at 7 Jalan Pisang in 2017.
In the cafe, Razif reportedly ran an unlicensed theological school, according to earlier reports.
THE GAG ORDER APPLICATIONS
Deputy Public Prosecutor Hidayat Amir filed two requests before the trial began on Monday: second, for three trial testimony to give evidence in private and not in common view, and second, for all prosecution witnesses to be protected by a gag purchase.
According to Mr. Hidayat, the prosecution’s witnesses had “feelings of stress” when they testified in public because their statements “went beyond issues of religion and culture which are already vulnerable to begin with.”
This includes the discussion of moral unions and their descendants.
” They are innocents”, said Mr Hidayat. ” Their evidence, if heard in public, will cause re- traumatisation ( and ) embarrassment”.
Razif’s solicitor, Mr Simon Tan from Attorneys Inc, asked for a related gag order to be extended to the defence witnesses.
He said these are “very, very delicate matters” which did “invariably effect on their position in the Arab society”.
Mr. Tan added that the majority of the witnesses are women, and that if their evidence is “openly bandied in court,” including in front of their former spouses, they might experience a” sense of trepidation and fear.”
According to Mr. Tan, the Muslim community has treated the defense witnesses with resentment.
The defense witnesses ‘ gag orders were objected to by the prosecution.
The judge first granted the prosecution’s twin requests for gag orders for its witnesses and the recording of some of the evidence.
He informed the defense that the defense could file the appropriate applications at the appropriate time to avoid the gag order for defense witnesses.
The Islamic Religious Council of Singapore ( MUIS ) reported Razif on August 24, 2021, and the police said in a previous statement that they had begun looking into the matter.
District Judge Shaiffudin Saruwan continues the trial.
If convicted of teaching a doctrine that is contrary to Muslim law, Razif could be jailed for up to 12 months, fined up to S$ 2, 000, or both.