Mosques under Jakim to hold solat hajat for PM's mission to Arab-Islamic Summit

PUTRAJAYA: Three mosques under the purview of the Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim) have been asked to hold solat hajat (prayers of need) to pray for the success of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s mission, as he represents Malaysia at the Arab-Islamic Extraordinary Summit in Riyadh on Nov 11.

Religious Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Dr Mohd Na’im Mokhtar, in a statement on Friday (Nov 8), said that this call was especially directed to the National Mosque in Kuala Lumpur, as well as the Putra Mosque and Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin Mosque in Putrajaya, which have been asked to hold the solat hajat after the Isyak prayers, starting Friday until next Monday (Nov 11).