In a statement today, its president Mohd Zaman Khan, the dinner was organised by the Damansara Utama Methodist Church (DUMC) to raise funds for the MAC partner organisation at its premises.
"It was intended to raise funds to support Harapan Komuniti, whose primary aim was to help Malaysians living with HIV, regardless of their ethnic and religious backgrounds.
The '1Malaysia Muhibbah Fundraising Dinner', said Mohd Zaman, a former Federal CID chief was meant to help provide financial assistance to the underprivileged and support for proper medication, treatment and care.
Harapan Komuniti is a partner organisation of MAC which also provides educational assistance to underprivileged children in Kuala Lumpur and Johor.
Saying that he is "disheartened" by the incident, Mohd Zaman sought an explanation from Jais, and called for precautionary steps to be taken to ensure that the intergrity of Islam and interreligious harmony is not compromised.
Yesterday, Selangor exco Hasan Ali said that Jais, which falls under his purview, raided the church and found evidence of"proselytization".
He said the religious department acted on a tip off that a breaking fast event would be taking place in the church.
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