Some residents have asked the advice of religious teachers on going to Syria for jihad, says the menteri besar.
FMT
ALOR SETAR: Kedah menteri besar Mukhriz Mahathir says he had received information from teachers at a traditional religious school about local residents wanting to go to Syria for jihad.
“These local residents, who did not identify themselves, asked the teachers what was the rule for going to jihad in Syria.
“The teacher brought out the Quran and showed them verses which do not allow them (to go to Syria). It shows how a small number are really keen to go to Syria,” Mukhriz said at a press conference in Wisma Darulaman today.
He said although these people had cancelled their plans to go to Syria after receiving the explanation from the religious teacher, at the same time, he did not discount the possibility that there were many who had gone there without first getting any advice.
“Luckily, they asked about the rules before going to Syria, what if they had gone straight to Syria without asking for advice,” he added.
He said he is worried after receiving the information about this small group wanting to fight in Syria.
The menteri besar also said there was a student in a private institute of higher learning who tried to influence her father to allow her to marry a Syrian through the social media Twitter.
He said the state government depended on the police to curtail the spread of militant and extremist thinking among the people of the state.
– BERNAMA
FMT
ALOR SETAR: Kedah menteri besar Mukhriz Mahathir says he had received information from teachers at a traditional religious school about local residents wanting to go to Syria for jihad.
“These local residents, who did not identify themselves, asked the teachers what was the rule for going to jihad in Syria.
“The teacher brought out the Quran and showed them verses which do not allow them (to go to Syria). It shows how a small number are really keen to go to Syria,” Mukhriz said at a press conference in Wisma Darulaman today.
He said although these people had cancelled their plans to go to Syria after receiving the explanation from the religious teacher, at the same time, he did not discount the possibility that there were many who had gone there without first getting any advice.
“Luckily, they asked about the rules before going to Syria, what if they had gone straight to Syria without asking for advice,” he added.
He said he is worried after receiving the information about this small group wanting to fight in Syria.
The menteri besar also said there was a student in a private institute of higher learning who tried to influence her father to allow her to marry a Syrian through the social media Twitter.
He said the state government depended on the police to curtail the spread of militant and extremist thinking among the people of the state.
– BERNAMA
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