According to the schedule, the Shariah Court (Criminal Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Bill 2016 (the Bill) will be tabled for debate in the current sitting of Parliament, after being deferred on the day it was proposed on 26 May 2016.

Referring to the article by the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar, published in Harian Metro on Saturday 14/05/2016 entitled “Deviant Teaching Threats National Security” where he listed Hizb ut Tahrir Malaysia (HTM) as one of the deviant groups, carrying out activities such as flash mob, street da’wah, campaign and the demonstration rejecting the coming of Obama to Malaysia.

On 10/02/2016, the Federal Court ruled that it is the civil court, and not the Shariah Court that should decide the custody of children who had converted to Islam.

On Friday, 20th November 2015, a group of the Special Branch police task force from Bukit Aman police headquarters has arrested the Head of Media Office, who is also is spokesperson of Hizb ut Tahrir / Malaysia, Ustaz Abdul Hakim Othman at his home in Bandar Baru Bangi, Selangor.