Johor Islamic council issues fatwa prohibiting Muslims from participating in rituals of other faiths

• Published date: 02 February 2023
• Publication title: Malay Mail Online

The Johor Islamic Religious Council (MAINJ) today issued a fatwa prohibiting Muslims from attending and participating in religious rituals of other faiths in the state.

State Islamic Religious Affairs Committee chairman, Mohd Fared Mohd Khalid, said that the Sultan of Johor Sultan Ibrahim Almarhum Sultan Iskandar has consented to the fatwa, which came into effect today.

He said the ulama (religious scholars) from the four schools of Islamic thought, namely Shafie, Hanafi, Maliki and Hanbali, have agreed that Muslims are prohibited from attending and participating in religious rituals of other faiths.

'These non-Islamic religious rituals include in houses of worship, as well as other places.

However, according to a number of scholars, Muslims are allowed to fulfil invitations to a ceremony in conjunction with a celebration of other faiths without a religious ritual ceremony, which is permissible, he told reporters at the Iskandar Islamic Centre, here, today.

Mohd Fared said that this fatwa is hoped to be...