Religious schools not IS breeding grounds

Kedah Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Mukhriz Mahathir (seated) accompanied by Exco members behind him from right : Datuk Ku Abdul Rahman Ku Ismail and Datuk Dr Leong Yong Kong speaking to journalists on the pay rise of Mentri Besar, State Assemblymen, Speaker and Deputy Speaker and other related issues of the State Assembly Meeting during a press conference after the postponement of the State Assembly Meeting at Wisma Negeri in Alor Setar, Kedah yesterday.(Captioned by photographer G.C.TAN / THE STAR- 20th August 2015)

ISLAMIC religious schools or sekolah pondok are not breeding grounds of Islamic State (IS) militants, Kedah Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Mukhriz Mahathir said.

“It is absolutely incorrect to see Islamic religious schools as such.