By Henry Siyu
MUKAH: About 450 participants were present to lend support to the Mukah Division Fatwa Seminar on Tuesday. It was officially opened by Sarawak Islamic Council (SIC) President Datu Misnu Haji Taha.
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syams (ISIS) issue was one of the papers tabled at the
It was featured in the Paper 1 which included Syiah and Millah IbrahimTeaching presented by the State Mufti Department Research Officer, Dr Haji Idris Haji Ismail.
The religious programme commenced with the main working paper called `Memartabatkan Fatwa Dalam Masyarakat’ by State Mufti, Sahibus Samahah Datu Haji Kipli Haji Yassin.
Other papers discussed were Paper 2 entitled `Halal Dan Haram Dalam Pemakanan’ delivered by State Mufti Department, Islamic Affairs Senior Officer, Ustaz Haji Md Ahir Haji Ahmad , and Paper 3, `Anak Tak Sah Taraf’ by, State Mufti Department, Islamic Affairs Officer, Ustaz Haji Faizal Abdullah.
In his speech at the function, Misnu, reminded the Muslims on the fake Fatwa which normally circulated in the social media.
“For Sarawak to get the genuine and correct Fatwa, it should only come from our state Mufti, not from others other than Datu Kipli. At the same time we should beware of someone claiming that they are Mufti as for our state we have only one,” he said.
He also touched on the sending of the children to the religious schools or Sekolah Agama under SIC by mentioning the advantage of such a school for the Muslims.
“I know some hesitate to send their children to Sekolah Agama; it is like any other schools in the state, we also have Bahasa Malaysia and English, and Arabic,” he said, adding that they are on the right track to become amongst the elite schools in Sarawak.
Misnu also stressed on the importance of maintaining and preserving the unity and cordial relationship of the colourful society of Sarawak by claiming that the Muslims are only made up of only between 26 to 30 per cent of the state population.
Other subject spoken by him was the so called `serve no pork’ food outlets and hoped for the local Muslims to report any malpractice that could confuse the consumers to the authority.
Meanwhile, in his welcoming speech, Kipli, expressed his gratitude that every Fatwa Seminar held in the state has received overwhelming response from the locals.
“For instance in Kapit we have a very good response from the locals and even some of them were non-Muslims, and in the capital city, it would usually attract some 1,200 participants,” he said.
Also at the function were political secretary to the Chief Minister Faridah Osman, heads of departments and local community leaders.
Held at Dewan Suarah Mesra, here, the programme was organised by State Mufti Department in collaboration with Mukah Division Islamic Department, State Syariah Jurisdiction Department and Tabung Baitulmal Sarawak.
