Pahang religious council denies student in Quran controversy a convert

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Independent preacher Firdaus Wong, who made the allegation, defends his claim.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/03/03/pahang-religious-council-denies-student-in-quran-controversy-a-convert  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews

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00:00Pahang's religious council has dismissed allegations that a university student who

00:05was charged earlier today with defiling a Quran had converted to Islam, as claimed by

00:10an independent preacher. The Pahang Islamic Religious and Malay Customs Council Deputy

00:15CEO, Asmadi Abdurrahman, said he found no record that S. Figneswaran was a convert,

00:21Berita Harian reported. Asmadi, who was also Pahang's chief registrar of converts,

00:26said the council contacted independent preacher Firdaus Wang, who had made the claim, to clarify

00:31the allegation but had not yet received a response. Firdaus, however, defended his earlier claim and

00:38uploaded a series of screenshots as proof. In a Facebook post, Firdaus said that one

00:43Ryan Vigneswaran had been in touch with him on June 19, 2024. Firdaus said Vigneswaran informed

00:49him on November 13, 2024 that he was ready to convert. Vigneswaran purportedly contacted him

00:55on April 20, 2025, asking Firdaus to witness him taking his Shahada for a second time.

01:01Vigneswaran, a University Malaysia Pahang al-Sultan Abdullah student,

01:05pleaded not guilty today to defiling a copy of the Quran by stepping on it.

01:10Steven Ferdas, FMT

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