Perlis mufti Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin has accused the Johor Islamic Affairs Department of slandering him, after the council put him on a list of "banned" individuals.

The council lists the mufti among 16 individuals who are banned from speaking in Johor for "causing confusion" through "deviant" teachings.

"This is slander. I challenge those who have slandered me to prove it," Asri said when contacted late yesterday.