Johor to gazette TMJ's decree banning use of mosques and surau for politics

(From right) Johor Islamic affairs committee chairman Mohd Fared Mohd Khalid, Johor Mentri Besar Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi and Johor State Secretary Tan Sri Azmi Rohani at the briefing on the legal and administrative matters of the state religious department at Bangunan Dato Jaafar Muhammad, Kota Iskandar, Iskandar Puteri.

ISKANDAR PUTERI: The Johor government will gazette Tunku Mahkota of Johor Tunku Ismail Ibni Sultan Ibrahim's decree banning the use of mosques and surau in Johor as political platforms, says exco member Mohd Fared Mohd Khalid.

The state Islamic affairs committee chairman added that the decree would go through the fatwa-making and gazetting processes before it was implemented.