Jais ready to help Muslim woman on religious status, says Khalid

Guests at Zarinah Abdul Majid’s wedding in Petaling Jaya had a shock when religious officers and police disrupted it and dragged the bride to Shah Alam for questioning on her religious status on Sunday. – The Malaysian Insider pic, June 6, 2014.

The Selangor Islamic Religious Department (Jais) is ready to help a practicing Hindu who is registered as a Muslim to solve her religious status, Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim today.

The Selangor Menteri Besar said the matter was decided in the state executive council meeting in Shah Alam today after it heard an explanation from a Jais official over the department’s controversial raid of a Hindu wedding ceremony last Sunday.

Jais interrupted a Hindu wedding ceremony at a temple in Petaling Jaya on Sunday after receiving reports that 32-year-old bride Zarinah Abdul Majid could be a Muslim.

Checks on Zarinah's MyKad showed that she was Muslim and Jais officers took her away for questioning.

However, the bride said her father, who had abandoned her family, had registered her as a Muslim but she grew up as a Hindu.

"Jais says that it was not a raid, media reported it as a raid, we (Selangor) say this is embarrassing.

"She can make the change if she can resolve her name issues,” he said during a press conference after chairing the meeting. 

- TMI