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www.islam.gov.my. Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Malay: Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia, Jawi: جابتن كماجوان اسلام مليسيا ) or popularly known as JAKIM (جاكيم ), is a federal government agency in Malaysia that administers Islamic affairs in Malaysia. [1]
Islam in Malaysia is represented by the Shafi‘i school of Sunni jurisprudence. [2][3] Islam was introduced to Malaysia by traders arriving from Persia, Arabia, China and the Indian subcontinent. It became firmly established in the 15th century. In the Constitution of Malaysia, Islam is granted the status of "religion of the Federation" to ...
Malaysian opposition members castigated the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jakim), saying the incident had tarnished the image of the Islamic halal regulators. [2] It was feared the scandal would have a negative impact on Malaysia's plans of becoming a global hub for the $2.3 trillion international halal market. [1] [3]
Abu Hafiz Salleh Hudin, a lecturer on Islam at the International Islamic University of Malaysia, said he was aware of reports made to Malaysia's Islamic Development Department (Jakim) about worker ...
However, the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia later clarified that Baháʼí Faith was erroneously declared a deviant offshoot of Islam by one of the state religious authorities as the 14th Muzakarah (Conference) of the Fatwa Committee of the National Council for Islamic Religious Affairs Malaysia held on 22–23 October 1985 decided ...
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Zulkifli bin Hasan (born 3 June 1977) is a Malaysian academic who serves as Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of Religious Affairs in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Minister Mohd Na'im Mokhtar as well as a Senator since December 2023. He was the academician (Professor) of ...
The Constitution of Malaysia declares that Islam is the only religion of the Malay people and that native Malays are required to be Muslims. [33] Conversion from Islam to another religion is against the law, but the conversion of non-Muslims to Islam is actively pursued through institutionalised means and discriminatory laws against non-Muslims.