Day: September 25, 2024

JOHOR BAHRU, The Johor Islamic Religious Department (JAINJ) is investigating whether members of GISB Holdings Sdn Bhd (GISBH) are practicing Aurad Muhammadiyah teachings, associated with the Al-Arqam group, which was declared illegal in 1994. State Islamic Affairs Committee chairman Mohd Fared Mohd Khalid, said the investigation follows the discovery of photographs of the group’s former leader and related books during Op Global, conducted last week in five districts. “We found both old and new books raising concerns about their connection to these teachings. ‘Some images appeared to worship or still revere their former leader, which is alarming,” he told a

KUALA LUMPUR, A suspected criminal was killed in an exchange of fire with cops after he rammed into a police vehicle in Kampung Kundang Rawang, Gombak, early this morning. Selangor police chief Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said that in the 1.15 am incident, a police team was gathering intelligence to locate a suspect involved in a break-in case in Damansara, Selangor when they came across a Nissan Grand Livina car driven by the suspect on a one-way street, Jalan KBK 4. “The suspect refused to stop the vehicle when ordered to do so. Instead, he reversed his car at high

SHAH ALAM, The Selangor Islamic Religious Department (JAIS) has ordered eight private Islamic religious schools identified as having connections with GISB Holdings Sdn Bhd (GISBH) to close. The eight premises are Sekolah Menengah (SM) Islam Global Ikhwan (Banat), Sekolah Rendah Islam (SRI) Yaqutul Fuad and SRI Integrasi Bustanul Ikhwani in Rawang, SRI Integrasi Qurratul Ain and Maahad Tahfiz Wal Ulum Al Ghazaly in Sepang, SRI Miftahul Hikmah in Klang, SM Islam Zadut Taqwa 2 in Puchong and SM Islam Zadut Taqwa 1 in Shah Alam. Selangor Islamic Religious Council (MAIS) chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof said in a

KUCHING, The Sarawak contingent are on the right track to achieving their 83-gold target at the 2024 Malaysia Para Games (Para SUKMA), with three days to go before the curtain comes down on the biennial Games. As of 8 pm today, the hosts have already raked in 56 golds, 36 silvers and 47 bronzes to lead the medal standings ahead of defending champions Sabah (44-24-20) and Selangor (20-30-26). Swimming stole the show today, with five national and four Games records shattered at the Pandelela Rinong Aquatic Centre. Two of the swimmers who shone were Negeri Sembilan’s Aleeya Fariesya Faizul and

KUALA LUMPUR, Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain announced that 34 individuals linked to GISB Holdings Sdn Bhd (GISBH), whose remand period ended today, will be re-arrested under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (SOSMA). “Another 127 individuals have been released on bail after their remand period ended, and we advise them to approach the police if they require any welfare support,’ he said in a statement today. Razarudin also noted that the police have obtained a four-day remand extension for 24 GISBH members, including the organisation’s top management, to facilitate investigations under Section 12 of the Anti-Trafficking