SNAPSHOT | Jakim to summon M'sian 'contestant' in Thailand trans women beauty pageant

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• The Islamic Development Department (Jakim) will summon an individual who allegedly represented Malaysia in the Miss Equality World 2026 beauty pageant for trans women in Thailand, following reports circulating on social media recently.

  Bernama reported Jakim director-general Sirajuddin Suhaimee as saying that the department would work with state Islamic religious authorities and relevant agencies to summon the individual under existing laws and regulations.

  “Such conduct clearly goes against religious values and human nature and is also contrary to the country’s laws,” he said in a statement today.

  He said Jakim and state Islamic religious authorities would not tolerate efforts to normalise such conduct.

  Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Zulkifli Hasan also condemned the individual’s participation for going against Islamic teachings, local norms and Malaysian values.

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