'Mercy to all creations' policy to be launch next year - Mujahid

The "Mercy To All Creations" (Dasar Rahmatan Lil Alamin) policy based on Maqasid Syariah (objectives of syariah) is expected to be launched early next year to become the new Islamic Administration Policy for the nation and is inclusive in nature towards society, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Mujahid Yusof.

He said his ministry was still waiting for the reviews from the four ministries which would have links when the policy was implemented later before it was taken to the cabinet for approval.

The four ministries were the Ministry of Finance (MOF), Ministry of Education (MOE), Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA) and the Ministry of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change (Mestecc).

‘’The need for the review is just that [...] for example if the MOF, does the policy has financial implications, and if MOHA, does it contravene what it is doing now in terms of national security,’’ he told the media after a Defence White Paper Briefing and a Maqasid Syariah town hall session in Putrajaya today.

He said the "Mercy To All Creation" policy would also be absorbed in all agencies including ministries, schools, civil servants and non-government bodies.

‘We will cooperate, traversing all ministries until the policy becomes an approach which is not only an Islamic administration but is accepted by all,’’ he said.

‘’We will discuss with MOE, maybe on the absorption of the values contained in the 'Mercy To All Creations' policy such as mercy, peaceful, harmonious, friendly and respect, in the school and pre-school curriculums,’’ he said.

Commenting on the issue of selection of topic for the 2019 Tun Razak Cup Debating Competition which allegedly did not take care of Islamic sensitivities, Mujahid said the matter was something inappropriate and also contrary to the concept of the debate.

‘’How to tell a person to debate on a matter which itself contravenes Islam, it is quite okay if he is refuting it, what is he to say if he is supporting it,’’ he said.

He also hoped there would no longer be any quarter carrying such sensitive issues purportedly for the sake of openness.

- Bernama