A viral photo showing the Taman Free School surau in Penang which took in some 60 flood victims regardless of racial background after the massive flood in the state last month.
KEPALA BATAS: The Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim) said it does not see any issue with non-Muslims being among the evacuees at mosques, surau and Islamic religious schools used as flood relief centres.
Its deputy director-general (human development) Datuk Zainal Abidin Jaffar said there was no problem in using Islamic houses of worship to provide shelter for non-Muslims in accordance with the rules of Fiqh (a section of Islamic law).
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