Jawi to probe into Muslim attendees at atheist club gathering

Updated 6 years ago · Published on 11 Aug 2017 10:59PM · 2 Comments

THE Federal Territories Islamic Religious Department (Jawi) will investigate any Muslim who joins the Kuala Lumpur Atheist Republic Club, after an image of a gathering organised by the club went viral on social media.

Jawi director Abdul Aziz Jusoh, in a statement, said the department was constantly monitoring, not only atheists, but all groups which violated the laws, and hoped that the public would help curb the spread of such activities by filing complaints.

“Jawi also has a number of action plans to address the issue as a whole. The approach is to understand the cause (behind them leaving the faith), as well as providing treatment and solutions to these problems,” he said in response to media reports on the gathering recently.

Atheists refer to individuals who do not believe in the existence of God and have no religious beliefs.

Prior to this, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Shahidan Kassim urged the authorities, especially the Islamic Religious Councils, to actively pursue atheist groups, and if it involved Muslims, to restore their faith.

Aziz said Jawi would call and advise any Muslim in the Federal Territory who were found to be involved with the gathering.

He added that the spread of atheist ideology in the federal territories could be subject to action under the shariah criminal offences act. – Bernama, August 11, 2017.

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  • "..... Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Shahidan Kassim urged the authorities .... to actively pursue atheist groups ...." Idiot! I'm pretty sure that 20% or more of Malaysians have in their IC the data for religion is blank or N/A. Jail them all-lah!!!

    Posted 6 years ago by Malaysian First · Reply

  • We could argue about God's existence all day, but the main gist here is that atheist Malays exist because of the corrupt regime and the muftis sucking their dedak along with the muftis handling serious issues like child marriage and fundamentalist violence with kid gloves.

    Posted 6 years ago by Mr. Wafferthin · Reply