PUTRAJAYA, Oct 5 — The Muzakarah Committee of the National Council for Islamic Religious Affairs Malaysia (MKI Fatwa Committee) has made a decision on the Islamic law perspective regarding the deviant doctrine practised by GISB Holdings Sdn Bhd (GISBH).
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Religious Affairs),Datuk Mohd Na'im Mokhtar said the decision was reached during a meeting on September 23 and 24, adding it would be presented to the Conference of Rulers for approval.
"We have agreed on a legal (Islamic law) perspective regarding GISBH. I cannot announce it here; we will present it to the Conference of Rulers, which will convene on October 23 and 24," he told reporters after officiating the National 2024 Islamic Education Institution Multaqa Murabbi (meeting of educators) here today.
Na'im said following the consent of the Conference of Rulers, the perspective would then be presented to the fatwa committee of each state.
He was commenting on the three states — Perlis, Selangor, and Pahang — that issued fatwas declaring GISBH's beliefs deviant.
According to Na'im, the legal perspective was issued as the MKI Fatwa Committee does not have the authority to issue edicts and could only provide Islamic law perspectives on certain beliefs to be presented to the Conference of Rulers.
Today, Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah of Pahang consented to the fatwa by the Pahang State Islamic Law Consultative Committee during a meeting on Wednesday declaring GISBH followers as heretical and deviant.
The Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, also consented to the fatwa issued by the state Fatwa Committee, which declares that the leaders, followers, workers and members of GISBH and its network deviate from the true Islamic faith.
The Perlis Fatwa Committee was the first state Islamic authority to declare that the beliefs and teachings of GISBH contained elements of deviant teachings.
— Bernama
