KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 9 -- Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Mohd Na'im Mokhtar assured all Muslims that the Shariah Court's authority is still intact following this morning's Federal Court ruling on the powers and provisions of the Kelantan State Legislature.

The Federal Court today struck down 16 out of 18 provisions under the Kelantan Shariah criminal enactment as unconstitutional, ruling that the Kelantan State Legislature does not have the power to enact laws on said offences because there are federal laws covering the same.

Na'im said his department had requested the Judge's reasons for judgement and will take the necessary steps thereafter including meeting with Perak's Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah the Deputy Yang d...