Call to set up Ahli Sunnah Wal Jamaah institute

(MMO) – Johor Umno has urged the government to set up an institute on Ahli Sunnah Wal Jamaah in an effort to ward off the spread of Syiah and deviant teachings. 

Johor Islamic Religious Committee chairman Abd Mutalib Abdul Rahim said Johor already had such institute which was found to be effective in containing liberalism, pluralism and Al-Arqam. 

“Previously, there were only a handful of them, but now they have a number of followers. They used to be a covert operation, but now they operate openly and dare to challenge the authorities. 

“Ironically, we are still trapped in comfort zone. We have not been taking action against them until the problem gets out of hand,” he said when supporting the motion on religion and education at the 2013 Umno General Assembly here today.  

Hence, Abd Mutalib said the institute could play a major role in curtailing falsehood and deviant beliefs. 

Perlis Umno proposed that the Home Ministry take action against the Coalition of Malaysian NGOs (Comango) under ‘Ops Cantas’ for poisoning the minds of the people. 

Its representative, Ramli Sharif said stern action should be taken against Comango for denigrating Islam and disrupting unity.