A Malaysian man was caned at a mosque in the northeastern state of Terengganu on Friday for the Islamic crime of close proximity with a non-family member of the opposite sex, local media reported ...

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Terengganu state executive councillor Muhammad Khalil Abdul Hadi said the caning would take place at a mosque on Dec. 6 following Friday prayers, if the man did not file an appeal.

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KUALA TERENGGANU: The site for the first public caning in Terengganu is the mosque, Masjid Al-Muktafi Billah Shah in Jalan Sultan Mahmud here, reported Majority. Read full story ...

Police have set a limit of 70 people for those allowed to be at the Al-Muktafi Billah Shah Mosque in Terengganu for the public caning of a man convicted by the shariah court for khalwat this Friday.

KUALA TERENGGANU, March 15 (Bernama) -- A transit centre that houses children aged three to seven years at the Terengganu state mosque, Abidin Mosque, here is giving space for parents to perform the ...

After Friday prayers on Dec 6, Mohd Affendi Awang will become the first person in Malaysia to undergo public caning at the Al-Muktafi Billah Shah Mosque in Kuala Terengganu. The Terengganu Syariah ...

The Islamist party Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS), which has governed Terengganu since 2018 and has lobbied for Islamic law to have equal weight as civil law, defended the public caning order.

KUALA TERENGGANU: The situation remains calm at Masjid Al Muktafi Billah Shah on Jalan Sultan Mahmud here as preparations are being made for the public caning of a khalwat (close proximity ...

The punishment was carried out at 2.50pm in front of 90 witnesses at the Al-Muktafi Billah Shah Mosque in Kuala Terengganu.

Terengganu state executive councillor Muhammad Khalil Abdul Hadi said the caning would take place at a mosque on Dec. 6 following Friday prayers, if the man did not file an appeal.