The headmaster of the primary school has denied that a 12-year old student from Sabah at his school was forced to wear the tudung.
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KUALA LUMPUR: The Education Ministry, through the Negri Sembilan Education Department, will call up a primary school headmaster and others in the state who were allegedly party to an incident where a non-Muslim student from Sabah was forced to don the tudung and participate in a nasyid group and prayer sessions.
This assurance was given by Deputy Education Minister P. Kamalanathan in Parliament in response to a question from Alor Star MP Gooi Hsiao-Leung. The Deputy Minister stressed that it was not the Education Ministry’s policy to force Islamic education or programmes on non-Muslims students.
“Based on what you raised earlier, I will take note and will conduct an indepth investigation into the case. I will investigate and give a report,” said Kamalanathan.
Gooi told the media at the Parliament lobby “the deputy minister said the matter will be investigated, and we will continue to press for answers.”
“The matter was serious and the Ministry should take appropriate action,” said Gooi. “Kamalanathan, during the question-and-answer session, was committed to investigate the matter.”
The headmaster of the primary school in Negri Sembilan, a Yunus Ismail, has since denied in a media update that a 12-year old student from Sabah at his school was forced to wear the tudung and participate in a nasyid group and also join a Muslim prayer session at a camp she had to attend.
Apparently, the school with an enrollment of nearly 500 students has only seven non-Muslims.
“She wore the tudung willingly. We do not force our non-Muslim students,” Yunus claimed. “The matter was settled two weeks ago.”
Yunus, who did not reveal how the matter was settled except for saying that he met with the parents of the girl at the centre of a growing storm, alleged that some teachers at the school were not happy with the tudung incident and were trying to make it into “a big issue”.
It was learnt that most parents of students at the school worked in nearby oil palm estates. Generally, they had very little education and were very poor.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Education Ministry, through the Negri Sembilan Education Department, will call up a primary school headmaster and others in the state who were allegedly party to an incident where a non-Muslim student from Sabah was forced to don the tudung and participate in a nasyid group and prayer sessions.
This assurance was given by Deputy Education Minister P. Kamalanathan in Parliament in response to a question from Alor Star MP Gooi Hsiao-Leung. The Deputy Minister stressed that it was not the Education Ministry’s policy to force Islamic education or programmes on non-Muslims students.
“Based on what you raised earlier, I will take note and will conduct an indepth investigation into the case. I will investigate and give a report,” said Kamalanathan.
Gooi told the media at the Parliament lobby “the deputy minister said the matter will be investigated, and we will continue to press for answers.”
“The matter was serious and the Ministry should take appropriate action,” said Gooi. “Kamalanathan, during the question-and-answer session, was committed to investigate the matter.”
The headmaster of the primary school in Negri Sembilan, a Yunus Ismail, has since denied in a media update that a 12-year old student from Sabah at his school was forced to wear the tudung and participate in a nasyid group and also join a Muslim prayer session at a camp she had to attend.
Apparently, the school with an enrollment of nearly 500 students has only seven non-Muslims.
“She wore the tudung willingly. We do not force our non-Muslim students,” Yunus claimed. “The matter was settled two weeks ago.”
Yunus, who did not reveal how the matter was settled except for saying that he met with the parents of the girl at the centre of a growing storm, alleged that some teachers at the school were not happy with the tudung incident and were trying to make it into “a big issue”.
It was learnt that most parents of students at the school worked in nearby oil palm estates. Generally, they had very little education and were very poor.
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