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Deviant teachings: religious affairs minister urges MCMC to act swiftly

Datuk Mohd Na’im Mokhtar calls for quick removal of misguided content after fatwa issued

Updated 3 years ago · Published on 23 Jul 2023 8:24AM

Deviant teachings: religious affairs minister urges MCMC to act swiftly
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Mohd Na’im Mokhtar has urged the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission to act swiftly and quickly remove content promoting deviant teachings on social media. – Bernama pic, July 23, 2023

PUTRAJAYA – The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) should promptly remove any content promoting deviant teachings on social media to prevent it from going viral, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Mohd Na’im Mokhtar. 

“Hopefully, with the fatwa, MCMC will act swiftly to take down these contents,” he told reporters here yesterday.

He was met after the launch of the National Sahih Al-Bukhari programme by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim at Masjid Putra. 

The 117th Muzakarah Committee of the National Council for Islamic Religious Affairs (MKI), which convened from August 25 to 29, 2020, has decided that SiHulk’s teachings are misguided and deviate from Islamic teachings based on the Ahli Sunnah Wal Jamaah. 

Na’im further said that the placement of a cadre officer at the MCMC by the Islamic Development Department (Jakim) would be done after a meeting with the commission tomorrow.

“This cadre officer is an expert. Before this, MCMC officers would come to Jakim to address this issue, which delayed the process of removing the contents,” he said. – Bernama, July 23, 2023

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