Poor Jawi literacy leads to lack of syariah lawyers

The matter of Jawi proficiency: Mohd Fared giving his reply to a question on syariah lawyers at the Dewan Undangan Negeri at Bangunan Sultan Ismail in Kota Iskandar. — Bernama

ISKANDAR PUTERI: Lack of proficiency in reading Jawi is one of the reasons why there are so few syariah lawyers in Johor, says state Islamic religious affairs committee chairman Mohd Fared Mohd Khalid.

He said last year, 87 candidates sat for the syariah law written exam, but only one passed.