KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 4 — Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Mohd Na’im Mokhtar will meet with the Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism,...
PM Anwar on two-day working visit to Russia beginning tomorrow; meeting with Putin, bid to join Brics highlights of tripMinister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Mohd Na’im Mokhtar will meet with the Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and Taoism this Friday to address concerns about the placement of officers from the Malaysian Islamic Development Department in government departments .
The group said that placing Jakim officers to ensure that government policies are in line with Islamic principles may contravene the Federal Constitution as the country’ supreme law.Jakim had in August denied that the Anwar administration has directed for Jakim officers to be placed in government departments, in response to remarks made in a podcast with activists Siti Kasim and Datuk Zaid Ibrahim.
It said the deployment of Jakim Islamic Affairs Officers began in 1982 as attachés in London and Indonesia. Subsequently, they were placed in the Department of Agriculture, the Prison Department, the Department of Social Welfare, the Ministry of Home Affairs, the National Security Council, and several other government agencies.
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