Gov't will not stop Zakir from joining religious events - Muhyiddin
Home Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said the government will not stop controversial preacher Dr Zakir Naik from participating in religious programmes.
"We will not control him 100 percent (and get him) not to do anything...
Home Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said the government will not stop controversial preacher Dr Zakir Naik from participating in religious programmes.
"We will not control him 100 percent (and get him) not to do anything.
"If he wants to pray and attend events, nobody can prevent him from doing so," he told the media in Putrajaya today.
Muhyiddin was asked to comment on the preacher's planned appearance at the Masjid Cina in Krubong, Malacca, for a prayer session.
"I was told by the Malacca police chief that Zakir's appearance in Malacca is to join prayers... he will not be addressing the jemaah there. That's the information that I got and that's why he is allowed to join," he said.
Yesterday, Malacca police chief Raja Shahrom Raja Abdullah said the police have no objection to Zakir's appearance at the event called "A Night of Islamic Unity", which will take place on Sept 7, as it does not involve any ceramah.
Zakir has been banned from delivering speeches nationwide pending police investigations against him over several cases, including his controversial remarks against Hindu and Chinese Malaysians during a talk in Kelantan on Aug 3.
Recently, posters advertising the event and bearing the images of Zakir and Masjid Cina chairperson Mohd Rafiq Naizamohideen were circulated.
Rafiq, who is the Malacca state executive councillor in charge of industry, trade and investment, also sits on the Bersatu supreme council.
Another Malacca exco member, Kerk Chee Yee, voiced his objection to the event, saying that even if Zakir is not speaking there, it would appear to go against the spirit of a decision by Chief Minister Adly Zahari.
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