Federal Territories Fatwa Committee to decide on GISB doctrine on Oct 24

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The Federal Territories Fatwa Committee will decide on the status of the doctrine by GISB Holdings Sdn Bhd at its meeting on Thursday (Oct 24), says Federal Territories Mufti Associate Prof Datuk Dr Luqman Abdullah.  Read more at https://shorturl.at/v3Uxu  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Federal Territory's Mofti Associate Professor, Datuk Dr. Luqman Abdullah said, the Federal

00:07Territory's Fatwa Committee will decide on the status of the doctrine by GISB holdings

00:13at its meeting on Thursday.

00:15He said the Fatwa meeting will specifically discuss the issue of GISB and whether it will

00:22be gazetted as deviant or otherwise.

00:25He was also asked about Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of Religious

00:30Affairs, Datuk Mohamed Naeem Mokhtar's statement that differences of opinion among Muslims

00:37should be managed courteously.

00:39Luqman said there are authorities and fatwa that the community has to comply with to avoid

00:44conflict.

00:45He said everyone has his or her view, but at the end of the day, they have to comply

00:50with the decision issued by the fatwa institution.

00:54He added that more than 20 groups with elements of deviant teachings have been detected in

00:59the federal territories.

01:01Luqman said this after launching a laptop aid scheme in Kuala Lumpur on Monday.

01:05So far, the states that have declared GISB's beliefs and teachings as deviant are Melaka,

01:11Perlis, Selangor, Sabah and Penang.

01:15In September, the country was stunned by police raids and rescues of hundreds of children

01:19from homes associated with GISB over allegations of abuse, exploitation and sexual assault.

01:28More than 170 members, individuals and executives of the group have been detained to help with

01:34police investigation, with a dozen being charged in court for various offences.

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