Winners bag cash prizes totalling RM4,400

SERIAN: The 63rd Serian Division level Al-Quran Recital (Tilawah Al-Quran) saw a total of six participants brought home cash awards totalling RM4,400 and trophies. The event held at the Sarawak Government Administration Centre Serian Division yesterday and was officiated by Sarawak Islamic Council chairman Datuk Misnu Taha. A total of eight participants from four districts […]

Sarawak seeks to have own Islamic education university

KOTA SAMARAHAN: Sarawak will set up a university focusing on Islamic education. Deputy Minister for Utility and Telecommunication Datuk Dr Abdul Rahman Junaidi said the state was currently in the process of discussing and planning the matter with the Sarawak Islamic Council (MIS) Education Bureau. “We are discussing and putting in the effort to establish […]

Sarawak Islamic Council members call on Taib

KUCHING: The Head of State Tun Pehin Seri Abdul Taib Mahmud received a courtesy call from the Sarawak Islamic Council members at his residence in Demak Laut yesterday morning. The delegation members led by Datuk Misnu Taha, was to introduce 14 new council members who had been appointed for a three-year period from  August 1, […]

Sarawak postpones Aidiladha sacrificial ritual

KUCHING: The Sarawak Islamic Council has decided to postpone the implementation of this year’s Aidiladha sacrificial ritual, in an effort to curb the spread of CoviD-19 in the state. Assistant Minister in Chief Minister’s Department (Islamic Affairs and Kuching North City Hall) Datuk Dr Abdul Rahman Junaidi said the postponement was made based on the […]

Sarawak Islamic Council issues prayer SOPs for MCO

KUCHING: The Sarawak Islamic Council (MIS) has issued the standard operating procedure (SOP) guidelines for Muslim prayers during the statewide movement control order (MCO). Fardhu prayers at mosques and surau are limited to five people – a mosque officer and the management committee members, all practising physical distancing. For Friday prayers, 15 people are allowed […]

Three days only for Raya visits

KUCHING: The period for Hari Raya Aidilfitri visiting permitted in zones under the conditional movement control order (CMCO) throughout Sarawak has been shortened from seven days to three days and restricted to immediate family members.  The Sarawak Islamic Council (MIS) in its revised Hari Raya Aidilfitri standard operating procedure (SOP) issued on Wednesday said that […]