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Wednesday, August 16, 2023

Fact-check: Post urging Muslims to ready parangs from 2019

 


A post alleging that a Putrajaya mosque official was calling on Muslims to have parangs ready for use against kafirs is making the rounds again on social media.

Checks by Malaysiakini found that the posting was from 2019 and had already been investigated by police.

The screenshot of the Facebook posting reads: “Muslims must have parang for slaughtering. As preparation. Who knows, if the kafirs want to become like sacrificial cows.”

A search found that the posting first went viral in August 2019, prompting police and the Islamic Development Department (Jakim) to investigate at the time.

Free Malaysia Today article from Aug 19, 2019, stated that police had arrested the man allegedly behind the posting.

Police said that the suspect - who also works for Jakim - claimed during initial investigations that his Facebook account had been hacked.

However, it is unclear if any action was taken pursuant to this.

Malaysiakini’s checks found that the individual is still employed with Jakim and still holds a position at a mosque in Putrajaya.

Malaysiakini has contacted the individual for comment.

Video claims 200 tahfiz schools closed

In a separate case, a video is going viral alleging that more than 200 Islamic religious schools have been shut down in Selangor.

Selangor has been carrying out a whitelisting programme on Islamic schools in the state.

This programme began in 2019 following Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah’s decree to avoid a repeat of a 2018 tahfiz school fire, which claimed 23 lives and injured five others.

In June this year, then-Selangor Islamic affairs exco member Mohd Zawawi Ahmad Mughni denied that the programme was aimed at closing schools.

Instead, he said the programme targets making the schools better and ensuring that they meet guidelines. - Mkini

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