Four Selangor PAS parliamentarians want the state government to amend the laws to remove executive powers from the Selangor Religious Islamic Council (Mais), so that it can no longer issue orders to the Selangor Religious Islamic Department (Jais).
Shah Alam MP Khalid Samad (right), Sepang MP Hanipa Maidin, Kota Raja MP Siti Mariah Mahmud, and Hulu Langat MP Che Rosli Che Mat told a press conference in the Parliament lobby today that Mais is an institution that is seen to be close to the Sultan of Selangor.
"An institution close to the sultan cannot be seen as having executive powers. That will taint the institution itself," said Khalid, who is also PAS central committee member alongside Hanipa.
Siti Mariah, meanwhile, is also Selangor PAS deputy commissioner.
The MPs were responding to the refusal of Mais and Jais to return copies of the Bible in the Malay and Iban languages seized from the Bible Society of Malaysia (BSM) in January, an action that they said tainted the image of Islam itself.
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Shah Alam MP Khalid Samad (right), Sepang MP Hanipa Maidin, Kota Raja MP Siti Mariah Mahmud, and Hulu Langat MP Che Rosli Che Mat told a press conference in the Parliament lobby today that Mais is an institution that is seen to be close to the Sultan of Selangor."An institution close to the sultan cannot be seen as having executive powers. That will taint the institution itself," said Khalid, who is also PAS central committee member alongside Hanipa.
Siti Mariah, meanwhile, is also Selangor PAS deputy commissioner.
The MPs were responding to the refusal of Mais and Jais to return copies of the Bible in the Malay and Iban languages seized from the Bible Society of Malaysia (BSM) in January, an action that they said tainted the image of Islam itself.
[More to follow]
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