MCA religious harmony bureau chief Ti Lian Ker said it was "foolish" for a local burger chain to name its pork burger "P Ramly" but expressed concern that religious authorities are encroaching into non-Muslim affairs.

This was after the Selangor Islamic Affairs Department (Jais) and Negeri Sembilan Islamic Affairs Department (JHEAINS) announced they will probe the matter on grounds that the Malay name may "confuse Muslims".

"We are alarmed that both Jais and JHEAINS claim that the law accords them the same powers as the Ministry of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism to enforce trade description laws on any premises, i.e. raid any premises.

"The jurisdiction of state religious authorities are limited to Muslims only and should not interfere into the constitutional rights and practices of non-Muslims," he said in a statement today.

Ti said he was worried that Jais and JHEANS' involvement may lead to a repeat to the 2014 incident where Jais raided the Bible Society of Malaysia and confiscated bibles in the Malay and Iban language.

In the pork burger incident, Ti said it was insensitive of the burger joint but noted that it had apologised and announced a name change.

He noted that the advertisement material had also clearly stated that the burger contained pork.

He quesioned whether Islamic authorities were allowed to raid non-Muslim eateries and accuse them of presenting something as halal, even when they had no halal certificate and did not pretend to be serving halal food.

"Surely, the majority of Malaysians are much wiser and confident in the faith they respectively profess than how Jais or JHEAINS portray them to be," he said.