The group says in a report that only the states have jurisdiction over matters of religion and Malay customs. FMTNews Jakim G25
PETALING JAYA: The G25 group of former top civil servants has alleged that the government took unconstitutional actions when it established the National Council for Islamic Affairs and the Islamic development corporation known as Jakim.
The NCIA was instituted to be the highest national authority for the coordination of Islamic administrative matters. Jakim serves as its secretariat. It acknowledged that the people who drafted the Federal Constitution did propose allowing the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, in consultation with the Conference of Rulers, to set up a department to coordinate religious affairs at the federal level.The report noted that the powers of the Conference of Rulers, which are limited to those prescribed under Article 38 of the constitution, do not include establishing a federal agency such as the NCIA or Jakim.
G25 noted that Jakim, on top of serving as the NCIA secretariat, had also been entrusted with such functions as the development of Islam and missionary activities.
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