The
Muslim Libel Case,
Singapore 1926
The book Trial of Muslim Libel Case, compiled by Bashir
Ahmad Mallal and published in Singapore in 1928, records the proceedings
of a court case in which some pro-Ahmadi Muslims instituted a suit
for defamation against an anti-Ahmadi propagandist when the latter
published a leaflet denouncing the plaintiffs as unbelievers due
to their connection with Ahmadis. The hearings opened on 26 January
1926 and occupied 11 days until 4 March. The judgment was given
on 19 March and was entirely in favour of the plaintiffs. An appeal
against the judgment to the Supreme Court was unanimously dismissed
on 15 June 1926.
We make available here the book Trial of Muslim Libel Case
in pdf format.
Acknowledgement:
The scanning of the book and the creation of the pdf file was done
by our sister website www.aaiil.org,
to whom our thanks are due.
Those interested in a summary of the case can go directly to the
judgment:
Judgment, pages 154 to
176.
For convenience of downloading the book has been divided into several
pdf files as below.
Title page, Dedication, Preface,
Contents, Foreword
Case proceedings:
Pages 1–24
Pages 25–49
Pages 50–74
Pages 75–99
Pages 100–124
Pages 125–153
The Judgment, pages
154–176
Appendices A – E:
Previous cases. (A: 1920, B: 1912, C: 1913, D: 1925; E: 1904)
Errata
The book contains the following plate photographs, which we hope
to scan at a later stage:
- Mr. M. Kader Sultan, J.P., Patron of the Anjuman-i-Islam
- Mr. R. Jumabhoy, writer of the Foreword
- Mr. John G. Campbell, Counsel for the Plaintiffs
- Mr. H. D. Mundell, Counsel for the 1st Defendant
- Mr. Meeran Lebbaik Muallim, 1st Plaintiff
- Mr. K.C. Marican, 2nd Plaintiff
- Mr. L. Mohamad Ghouse Maricar, witness
- Mr. Hafiz Ghulam Sarwar, witness and District Judge of Singapore
- Mr. Bashir Ahmad Mallal, witness and compiler of this book
- Mr. Ona Shaik Mohamed, witness
- Mr. Justice George Campbell Deane, Judge
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