PM orders meeting with interfaith council over Jakim ‘misunderstanding’

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Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim orders national unity minister Aaron Ago Dagang and religious affairs minister Na’im Mokhtar to clear the air with the council.  Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/09/03/pm-orders-meeting-with-interfaith-council-over-jakim-misunderstanding/  Laporan Lanjut:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2024/09/03/pm-arah-kementerian-perpaduan-naim-jumpa-mccbhst-elak-salah-faham/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #AnwarIbrahim #AaronAgoDagang #FahmiFadzil #DavidOng #Jakim

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00:00Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has ordered National Unity Minister Aaron Agodadang and Religious

00:07Affairs Minister Naeem Mokhtar to meet with the Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism,

00:12Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and Taoism.

00:16Government spokesman Fahmi Fadil said the meeting is intended to address misunderstandings

00:20following MCCBC-HST's recent statement criticizing the placement of Islamic Development Department

00:26officers in government departments.

00:29Fahmi said JAKIM officers are not involved in policy-making and that their placement

00:33in departments has been in place since 2007 without any new additions.

00:38He said these officers only organize Islamic religious programs and are not present in

00:42all ministries, citing the Communications Ministry as an example.

00:46The Interfaith Council had previously raised concerns based on a Daily Express article

00:51which quoted Liberal Democratic Party Vice President David Ong expressing worries about

00:56JAKIM's influence on government decisions.

00:58Naeem earlier clarified that JAKIM officers are not meant to influence policy but to support

01:03religious activities in line with existing practices.

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