Jakim disagrees with discrimination and bullying of LGBT community


PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim) says it has never agreed to any form of discrimination or bullying against members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.  

Jakim director-general Tan Sri Othman Mustapha said that acts such as labelling, condemning, insulting and demeaning the community were extreme and overboard.  

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