GEORGE TOWN – Penang Mufti Datuk Seri Wan Salim Wan Mohd Noor described the action of the a person said to be a woman who performed umrah clad in ihram clothing for men as “senseless” and a deliberate act to mock Islam.
“A Muslim is required to respect and glorify Islam… intentionally doing an act that is contrary to Islamic law means making fun or mocking at Islam, whereby making the doer a ‘kafir’ (infidel),” he said in a statement today.
The statement was issued in response to a 17-second video which went viral yesterday on a person said to be a Malaysian woman, who was dressed in male ihram clothing in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
Yesterday, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Idris Ahmad, in a Facebook post, said stern action would be taken against the person and that he had contacted the Home Ministry for investigations to be carried out once the said person is back in Malaysia. – Bernama, August 13, 2022
