Speaking to FMT, lawyer Nik Elin Rashid of Kelantan expanded on remarks she made at a forum earlier in the week.
In Kelantan, she noted, the PAS administration would use local government by-laws to enforce shariah rules on non-Muslims.
“Non-Muslims are thus forced to adhere to the precepts of shariah laws through the back door,” she said.
“Non-Muslims must know of the indirect implications of shariah laws, not directly through Motion 355, which is merely a mechanism to implement shariah laws.”
Nik Elin clarified a couple of statements attributed to her in a news report on yesterday’s Hindraf-organised forum, where she spoke off the cuff.
With regard to the enforcement of rules against the depiction of women with uncovered hair, she said she was referring to movie posters, not the films themselves. She cited the imposition of a fine on a non-Muslim shop owner who displayed a poster showing a Bollywood actress with her hair exposed.
Referring to her remark regarding the hair-covering rule for supermarket employees, she said she was speaking about “the local by-laws which strictly enforce shariah laws on all businesses, regardless of whether they are owned by Muslims or non-Muslims”.