Penang govt not involved in Fatwa Council decision

Penang govt not concerned in Fatwa Council decision

GEORGETOWN - The Penang state government will leave it to a administration of a respective mosques or suraus in a state either to continue with a tradition of using a shrill speakers for celebration of a mass verses from a Quran as well as for 'zikir' prior to a 'subuh' (dawn) prayers.

Chairman of a State Committee for Domestic Trade as well as Consumerism Abdul Malik Abul Kassim said, however, as a director of religious institutions, a respective mosque as well as surau administrations should respect a preference of a Fatwa Council which celebration of a mass a Quran using shrill speakers prior to dawn should be taboo according to syariah law.

"The Fatwa Council chaired by Penang Mufti Datuk Seri Hassan Ahmad upon Jun 6 had decided which such practices could disturb other people either within or outward a mosque compound," he pronounced at a press conference, here today.

A local newspaper currently quoted a Penang Islamic Religious Affairs Department (JHEAIPP) round which destined all mosques as well as suraus in a state to stop using a shrill speakers while celebration of a mass a Quran prior to a dawn prayers as this could go against a syariah law as well as could disturb other people inside as well as outward a mosque.

The gauge was in line with a preference of a State Fatwa Committee meeting upon April 7 as well as a round upon a prohibition had already been issued upon August 3.

Abdul Malik pronounced a state government as well as JHEAIPP were not concerned in a preference of a Fatwa Council, adding which a matter should not be politicised.

- Today


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