Imam banned after daughter’s win


  • Nation
  • Friday, 26 Mar 2004

BALING: Barely two days after wresting the Baling parliamentary seat from PAS, Dr Mashitah Ibrahim received news that her father has been asked to stop reading Friday sermons and giving religious talks.  

Her father Ibrahim Yaacob, 70, an imam and religious speaker, was asked by PAS supporters to stop reading the sermons and giving talks at a mosque in Jalan Langgar, Alor Star. 

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