The Prosecution of Islamic Criminal Offences Related To LGBT In Online Platforms: An Analysis Of Syariah Criminal Offences (Selangor) Enactment 1995

Abstract

Over the recent years, the promotion of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) immoral behaviourhas been done publicly on online platforms such as instagram, facebook, twitter, tiktok and so on. Apart from that, several dating apps have been widely used for these purposes. Hence, the objective of this paper is to review and analyse the provisions of the Syariah Criminal Offences (Selangor) Enactment 1995 related to LGBT offences and to propose improvements to the existing provisions to prosecute LGBT offences committed on online platforms. This qualitative study uses a documentanalysis approach to collect data. The findings found that there are existing provisions that can be used to prosecute LGBT offences committed online. However, these existing provisions have several issues in terms of substantive, evidence and procedures that require further improvements.