SEBERANG PERAI, Jan 17 — Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Mujahid Yusof Rawa today called for stern action to be taken against the person who wrote the January 13 circular that said it was “haram” for Muslim students to take part in Ponggal festivities.

He said the Islamic Development Department (Jakim) never used the word “haram” when relaying its “expert opinion” on Muslims participating in the Tamil harvest festival.

“The circular was distorted, he used the word haram, whoever wrote that, strict action must be taken against him instead of throwing the blame back to Jakim,” he said during a press conference in Nibong Tebal after launching an online platform for kafa teachers.

He stressed that Jakim had clearly said it was permissible for Muslim students to take part in Ponggal festivities based on a list of Islamic ethics.

He said Jakim had never banned Muslim students from joining in Ponggal festivities nor used the word “haram” in regard to this.

He also said Jakim had merely given its “expert opinion” to the Education Ministry as the ministry had asked its opinion on Muslim students participating in Ponggal celebration.

“The ministry had asked for our opinion in June, it was to allay the concern of Muslim parents, so we gave our opinion and it was up to them on how they craft the circular,” he said.

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mcm biasa, u turn, find scapegoat, saya tak pernah salah.


in the end, we will never know who wrote that

#abolishjakim

Even halal certification pun dah jadi business. Same suppliers, same sop, different brand, different treatment because tak kena suap. Still gonna happen because many people will have their akidah terpesong visit places tiada sijil.

This fella bila nak letak jawatan

anything related other religion is haram for muslim..if related to race its ok..except for YB or PM etc

Bila kekanda nak resign ni? Haram is haram lah. Why need to sugar coat it?

joke-kim

That's why I said we should increase and strengthen the number of vernacular schools we have in our country.

Don't depend on kebangsaan schools to "foster unity". That's a mirage, an illusion, a false hope, an act of FUTILITY.

Any non-Malay, non-Muslim parent who still wants to send their children to Kebangsaan school when there are vernacular school choices nearby... you've got not one to blame but yourself when shit like this hits the ceiling fan above your child....

jika tiada salahnya kita ada-adakan salahnya

Later some people butthurt jangan la

International school ok bor??

how many days been???now he come out and said this.....

xyah nk tipu mcm bani (rub rub rub)

all haram, ayam tau punya

deep state or blame game?

Can can.

A bit freaking costly though. Regular vernacular schools still accessible to most mid-middle income people and above. Thing is we need to find ways to increase their funding pool so that they can take in lower-middle income and even children from poor families without being too becoming too burdensome on the finances.