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Kelantan traders disagree with maghrib shut-down rule

Several traders at the night market at Taman Bendahara in Pengkalan Chepa, Kota Baru do not agree with the ruling for traders to temporarily cease operations during maghrib (dusk) prayers in Kelantan.

Some believe that the ruling was made to show that Kelantan was "more Islamic" if compared with the other states.

"All kinds of people come to the night market, some drop by after work while students come after their classes, on the time they have.

"We don't deny that the idea is good in terms of safeguarding our religious obligations, but it is not practical," a trader, who only wanted to be known as Yusri, told Malaysiakini.

Another trader who sells snacks said they were forced to follow the ruling or they would have to fork out money to pay summonses if they failed to do so...

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