Malaysia – After one of his party colleagues criticized Segambut MP Hannah Yeoh for wearing a hijab, a DAP leader today warned that Malaysians either accept the country’s variety and moderation or face irrelevance. Sheikh Umar Bagharib Ali, vice-chief of the Johor DAP, said such characteristics were critical given Malaysia‘s multiculturalism. “We must not only respect others’ cultures, religions, and …

Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, Sultan of Selangor, shall review the names of instructors of Al-Quran and Fardu Ain classes (Kafa), mosque committee members, and marriage solemnisers who refuse to get vaccinated to decide the appropriate course of action. Sultan Sharafuddin has expressed his disappointment and sadness that only 203 out of 873 religious teachers, mosque and marriage officials in the …

The Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) is looking into a video that has been making the rounds on social media depicting a VIP who reportedly skipped the line at a mosque to conduct the Friday prayer. The video has gone viral since then. Mr. Datuk Ahmad Marzuk Shaary, the deputy minister, emphasized that all worshipers should be treated equally, and that …

After being identified interacting with three people positive for coronavirus or Covid-19, as many 183 people from a mosque, the status of people under surveillance (ODP), were moved to Corona Covid-19 Virus Emergency Hospital at Wisma Atlet, Kemayoran, Jakarta. The participants include 78 foreign citizens who made a pilgrimage to the century-old Jammi Mosque in Taman Sari subdistrict. They came …

PUTRAJAYA – Friday prayers in the Federal Territories continue today. “After receiving His Royal Highness His Majesty the late His Highness Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah Ibni the late Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Al-Musta’in Billah, Friday prayers in the Federal Territories for today continues, “the statement read. Datuk Seri Dr Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri said that the obligatory Friday prayers …

To prevent the spread of the coronavirus in Indonesia, the Indonesian Mosque Council (DMI) is carrying out a clean-up action, especially in the mosque environment. Chairman of the Central Executive Board of DMI, M Jusuf Kalla explained, the spread of the virus most often occurs in crowded places, such as schools, malls, mosques, and mosques because it is always crowded …