GEORGE TOWN, Oct 2 – The Penang UMNO Youth movement will send a memorandum to the Penang State Islamic Religious Council (MAINPP) as a protest on the prohibition against using loudspeakers outside the mosque and surau except for the call of prayers in the state.
The head of Penang UMNO Youth Rafizal Abdul Rahim had also in thesaid that the movement was also prepared to have a meeting with the Penang State Mufti Department if given the space to do so.
“The Penang UMNO Youth took the stand not to support the move and would oppose the order on the prohibition. We are prepared to face any consequence on our stand and are confident that the whole Muslim community in the state and even the other states do not agree with the order,” he said in a statement, here on Thursday.
Yesterday, the matter was stated in a letter from the Penang State Mufti Department dated Sept 1 concerning the decision of the Penang State Fatwa Committee dated July 1 and 2 and confirmed in the Meeting of the Penang State Fatwa Committee on Aug 23 and 24.
The letter which quoted excerpts of the minutes of the Penang State Fatwa Committee Meeting stated that the meeting had agreed that the order decided through the State Fatwa Committee Meeting dated April 7 2011 on the prohibition against reading the Al-Quran before Dawn using the loudspeaker outside the mosque and surau must be improved by including the prohibition against using the loudspeakers outside the mosques and surau for all programmes such as lectures, meetings and so on.
