Safeguard mosques from changing into a political area: Malaysia king

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s King Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah on Wednesday (April 5) prompt Muslims to do their phase to safeguard mosques from changing into a political area. 

“I can all the time remind (everybody), particularly the ones in Pahang, that the mosque must no longer be blended with political components in any respect,” stated the king, who may be the ruler of the state of Pahang, when officiating the Ar-Razzaq Mosque in Melaka. 

The king added that the cohesion of the mosque should be maintained by means of all Muslims, no longer simply the leaders.

“We don’t need the establishment of the mosque to be a spot the place we’re divided. 

“All of us need to come to a decision that the cohesion of the mosque can be maintained by means of us Muslims, no longer simply the leaders, however extra importantly, the congregation of the mosque,” he stated. 

In a remark on Wednesday, the king additionally stressed out that the mosque must be an establishment this is sufficiently holy, noble and revered, in addition to an instance to different religions.

The king’s speech comes after a sequence of bans in different Malaysian states fighting politicians from giving speeches in mosques. 

On Mar 2, Terengganu ruler Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin banned politicians from turning in non secular talks and sermons in mosques and surau (small prayer halls) within the state. 

Terengganu’s Islamic Spiritual and Malay Customs Council (MAIDAM) stressed out that mosques and surau must by no means be misused to create anxiousness, restlessness or discord some of the neighborhood. And this contains actions or programmes that experience a component of politics, the council stated.