Lawyer Asheeq Ali Sethi Alivi, representing Fahmi, said judicial commissioner Roz Mawar Rozain, in allowing his client’s application, also ordered Dusuki to pay RM5,000 in costs to Fahmi.

“The court allowed Fahmi’s application on the grounds that Dusuki’s counterclaim did not disclose a reasonable cause of action.

“As such, the entire counterclaim submitted by Dusuki against Fahmi is struck out and the court set April 6 to 8, 2026 to hear the suit,” he told Bernama.

Lawyer Ananciata Diego also represented Fahmi, while Dusuki was represented by lawyers Jamil Yaacob and Nur Adeeba Ainaa.

Fahmi, who is the Lembah Pantai MP, filed the suit against Dusuki on Sept 5 last year, after the preacher accused him of abusing a place of worship – a mosque – to campaign for an election and had acted contrary to the orders of the sultan of Selangor.

Fahmi claimed the defamatory words were posted on an Instagram account belonging to Dusuki on July 31, 2023.

According to him, the statements were baseless and the Selangor Islamic Religious Council had confirmed that he did not give any political speech as alleged by the defendant.

He also claimed that the defamatory statements were made to defame him to gain cheap publicity or create a sensation in the national political arena, as well as to tarnish his reputation as an MP and a Cabinet minister.

Dusuki filed the counterclaim against Fahmi on Oct 19, 2023, claiming, among others, that Fahmi had defamed him and made false statements against him.