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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