BUKIT GANTANG – An individual who went viral on social media for performing the umrah pilgrimage dressed in male ihram clothing (clothing worn during the haj or umrah pilgrimage) has been urged to turn themself in to assist the investigation, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Idris Ahmad.
He said the individual should have the courage to do so after having dared to commit such an act in the holy land.
“They should have had the courage to come forward because they dared to show a picture of themself dressed in ihram there (in Mecca) as if to provoke, why should they be afraid?
“Dare to do it, dare to bear (the consequence),” he told reporters after attending the Berjalan Teguh Bersama programme at Dataran Tarbiah here today.
On September 1, Idris was reported as saying that the individual had returned from the pilgrimage but he had yet to receive any information on their whereabouts.
A 17-second video shared on Twitter on August 12 showed an individual, said to be a Malaysian, dressed in male ihram clothing in Islam’s holy land, which received mixed reactions from netizens. – Bernama, September 18, 2022
