FT Minister shuts tahfiz embroiled in molest cases, says no more illegal schools
Tuesday, 25 Sep 20181:30 PM MYT
by steven daniel
KUALA LUMPUR : Federal Territories Minister Khalid Samad has ordered the closure of the Kepong tahfiz where at least nine students were allegedly molested by the principal.
He also said Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) would no longer tolerate any illegal tahfiz (Islam religious school) in KL.
"We relaxed our stance all this while whenever we heard a particular place was being used as a religious institution.
"That is the wrong approach," he said, after launching the first-of-its-kind KL strata community meditation centre at Menara PT80 here today (Sept 25).
Khalid said such Islamic institutions carried the image of the religion, but the recent case involving this particular tahfiz reflected poorly on Islam.
"We are going to strengthen the rules on setting up boarding homes and tahfiz," he said.
Khlaid also urged parents to find out if a particular tahfiz was registed with either the Federal Territory Islamic Religious Department (Jawi) or DBKL before sending their children there.
Read more at https://www.thestar.com.my/metro/metro-news/2018/09/25/ft-minister-shuts-tahfiz-embroiled-in-molest-cases-says-no-more-illegal-schools/#D45IAxPsOLfbowUz.99
