Direct Mufti Bill inquiries to Religious Affairs Minister, says Anwar

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All questions on the Mufti (Federal Territories) Bill 2024 should be directed to Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Dr Mohd Na’im Mokhtar, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim after launching the 37th Lawasia Conference in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday (Oct 13).  Read more at https://shorturl.at/IKM0D  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Prime Minister Datuk Sri Anwar Ibrahim told the media to refer any questions on the much-anticipated

00:13Mufti Federal Territories Bill to the Religious Affairs Minister in the Prime Minister's Department.

00:19The Minister, Datuk Dr Mohamad Naim Mokhtar, is expected to table the Bill for a second

00:25and third reading in Parliament on Monday, despite concerns raised by several groups.

00:30Anwar was asked about the Bill after launching the LawAsia conference held in Kuala Lumpur

00:34on Sunday.

00:36The Bill aims to provide a definition for Ahli Sunnah wal-Jamaah, which has a theology

00:41based on the Al-Asyairah and Al-Maturidiyah teachings.

00:45Fourteen groups based in Sarawak and Sabah claim that the Bill will violate the Malaysia

00:50Agreement of 1963 and represent a direct attack on the country's secular system.

00:57Other groups also raised their reservations about the Bill being unconstitutional.

01:02Communications Minister Fahmy Fadzil said the Bill will not expand the powers of the

01:06Mufti, but instead, it will ensure that the jurisdiction of the Mufti is more orderly

01:12and clear, thus preventing any disputes over actions taken by the Mufti.

01:17He said Dr. Muhammad Naeem informed him that almost all the articles and clauses contained

01:23in the Bill are nearly identical to the Sabah Fatwa enactment passed in 2004 concerning

01:30the Sabah Mufti.

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