To ensure the highest standards, all teaching staff must be hired from accredited colleges, he adds.
In a statement issued today, Tunku Ismail said this included attempts to lobby officials from the Johor State Islamic Affairs Department (JAINJ) by taking them on holidays.
“I also feel that to ensure the highest standards of Islamic studies throughout Johor, all teachers and teaching staff must be hired from accredited colleges, like the Johor College of Islamic studies (Marsah) or the Maahad Tahfiz Negeri Johor (MTNJ),” the Johor Council of Islamic Affairs chairman said in a statement.
He added that all state and private Islamic institutions must abide by guidelines set by JAINJ and Johor’s Council of Islamic Affairs (MAINJ).
“I have instructed that all Islamic studies taught in the state or in private Islamic study institutions must follow the guidelines set by the governing bodies of JAINJ and MAINJ.”
In October 2017, Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar had issued a decree to forbid JAINJ from having any dealings with the Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim) as he said that religion fell under state jurisdiction, as enshrined in the Federal Constitution.
This stemmed from the Muslim-only launderette in Muar issue, which led to a preacher, Zamihan Mat Zin, criticising the sultan’s actions in ordering the owner to stop his segregation based on religion.
Johor also followed Singapore’s lead in banning two Muslim preachers, Zimbabwe grand mufti Ismail Menk and Malaysian Ustaz Haslin Baharim, from giving lectures in the state on the ground that their views could harm racial unity and harmony.
Johor religious committee chairman Abd Mutalip Abd Rahim said the ban was ordered by Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar in a decree.
However, Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the government would not bar the two preachers from giving talks in Malaysia as it had found nothing wrong with their speeches.
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