00:00Former Law Minister Zayed Ibrahim has called for the Religious Affairs Ministry to shift its focus
00:07to curbing the sexual abuse of young boys at welfare homes run by religious organisations
00:13rather than making halal certification mandatory for eateries.
00:17In a post on X, Zayed said many young boys have been traumatised and abused across Malaysia,
00:23yet the Religious Affairs Minister is only interested in halal certificates.
00:28He was referring to Religious Affairs Minister Naeem Mokhtar's recent announcement that the
00:33Islamic Development Department was considering making halal certification mandatory for certain
00:39restaurants and food operators. Zayed proposed that JAKIM officers be stationed at all religious
00:45and tafiz schools, similar to how religious departments and moral police monitor khalwat
00:51cases. He also called for JAKIM to set aside some of its RM1.5 billion government allocation
00:57to curb the sodomy epidemic by telling Muslims that Islam views the offence seriously.
01:04He also suggested that Sharia courts step up the prosecution of cases involving the
01:09sodomy of young boys and called on leaders to devise transparent measures to protect them.
01:15Zayed's post comes in the wake of a raid on 20 welfare homes in Selangor and Negeri Sembilan
01:21where children are said to have been sodomised or taught to sexually assault others.
01:25Natasha Biest, FMT News.
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