Compared to other regions like South Asia, the Middle East, or Europe, whose diverse people share many common traditions, Southeast Asia may not necessarily be considered as a region, due to its easy divide in language, culture, belief systems and history. The encounters of Southeast asians with people living in other regions greatly influenced the states, religions, arts and economies that developed in Southeast Asia. In addition, the many different colonial masters of the different
The Malacca Sultanate is one of the oldest Malay Sultanate in the history of Malaysia. Previously, the Malacca Malay Sultanate was a heritage of Srivijaya which the center was in Palembang, Southeast Sumatra. This empire existed between the seventh century and the 13th century. Historically, Malacca was found in early 15th century, in 1931, the Srivijaya kingdom was attacked by Majapahit which led Parameswara (Prince of Palembang) and his followers escape and they eventually reached Temasik (Singapore)
As far as Islamic law in Malaysia is concerned, the codification of law and its development proved to be enlightening. Thus this chapter will confine its discussion to the growth of Islamic family law in Malaysia, the legal framework concerning ḍarar and its relation as a ground for fasakh divorce in Malaysia, as well as interpretive effort of Syarie judges on the scope of ḍarar based on the decided cases. 5.1 HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF ISLAMIC LAW IN MALAYSIA History has shown that Islamic elements