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19 October 2017
TheMalaysianInsightVerified account @msianinsight
Penang to investigate religious teacher in haircut remark video
RELIGIOUS authorities in Penang will investigate whether tahfiz school headmaster Shahul Hamid Seeni Muhammad violated any regulations under the Administration of the Religion of Islam (State of Penang) Enactment in saying it was haram for Muslims to get haircuts from non-Muslims.
State religious affairs exco Abdul Malik Abdul Kassim said the Penang Islamic Affairs Department would also probe whether Shahul is allowed to teach Islam in the state, adding that he could be charged in shariah court for teaching religion without accreditation.
“If he has accreditation, we will check if he has violated any of the terms under the law, which can have his accreditation revoked by the Penang Islamic Council (MAINPP),” he told reporters in Komtar today.
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Earlier today, Penang MCA lodged a police report calling for Shahul and Malik’s remarks in the media to be investigated.
Malik said on Tuesday that the state did not regulate comments made by religious teachers, adding that tahfiz school management and comments by individuals were separate matters.
Following the police report, Malik told The Malaysian Insight that he did not say the state government could not regulate such matters.
“I didn’t say (the) state cannot regulate. We can bar them (from) speaking at public places,” he said via text message.
Later at the press conference, he said it was up to MCA what its politicians wanted to do, and the authorities should be left to investigate the matter.
https://www.themalaysianinsight.com/s/19178/
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Malay Mail OnlineVerified account @themmailonline
Wan Ji: Not wrong for Muslim women to get haircut in non-Muslim hair salon
GEORGE TOWN, Oct 17 — It is not wrong for Muslim women to have their hair cut by female hairdressers in non-Muslim hair salons, PKR preacher Wan Ji Wan Hussin said today.
He said an old ulama named al-Imam al-Mardawi mentioned in the Kitab al-Insaf that it is not wrong for non-Muslim women to look at or touch the hair of Muslim women.
“Therefore, there is nothing wrong for Muslim women to get their haircut at a non-Muslim hair salons,” he told the Malay Mail Online.
Wan Ji was responding to a viral video clip of religious preacher, Shahul Hamid Seeni Muhammad, warning Muslim women not to frequent non-Muslim hair salons.
The two-year old video clip was one of a few videos that started making its rounds online and on social media the last few days.
The video started with Shahul Hamid saying it was wrong for Muslim men to go to female hairdressers before he added that Muslim women too must not let non-Muslim female hairdressers touch their hair.
In two other video clips, also back in 2015, Shahul Hamid said it was wrong for Muslims to wish others “happy birthday” and that it is haram for Muslim parents to send their children to Chinese vernacular schools.
Commenting on this, Wan Ji pointed out that a famous ulama, Syaikh Salman Auda, had stated that celebrating birthdays is “harus”.
He said back in 2013, the late Karpal Singh wished the late Tok Guru Nik Aziz Nik Mat on his birthday.
“If it is haram, for sure, Tok Guru Nik Aziz will stop Karpal but he did not,” he added.
As for Muslim students studying in Chinese vernacular schools, Wan Ji, who is also the Penang Chief Minister’s information officer, used another example practiced by previous Muslim ulamas for generations to stress his point.
“During the Abbasiyyah dynasty, Khalifah al-Ma’mun formed the Baitul Hikmah for a non-Muslims, Ishaq Hunain, who translated Greek books to be learnt by the Muslims. As a result, many great ulama were born such as Ibn Sina, Al-Biruni, al-Khawarizmi and many more,” he said.
He said it is not true that it is haram for Muslims to study in Chinese schools.
“In fact, this contradicts what had been practised by Muslim ulama for many generations,” he said.
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17 October 2017
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TheMalaysianInsightVerified account @msianinsight
Haram for Muslims to get haircut from non-Muslims, says religious teacher
A RELIGIOUS teacher, who previously courted controversy by urging Muslims to boycott curry powder made by Hindus, says it is haram for Muslims to receive a haircut from non-Muslims.
Ustaz Shahul Hamid Seeni Muhammad, headmaster of Maahad Tahfiz Darul Tahzhib, said in a video uploaded two years ago, which has since gone viral, that getting a haircut from non-Muslims was haram.
“From the time I started studying in a pondok school to Form 1 and up until now, I have not allowed any non-believers to touch my head. It is better for us to go to Muslim shops because at least this way, we can help Muslim businesses,” Shahul Hamid said.
Three years ago, also through a video a clip that went viral, Shahul Hamid urged Muslims not to buy curry powder products from “Hindu” companies like Baba’s and Alagappa’s. He also poked fun at a dishti bomma, a square metal plate with the face of a “fearsome demon” on it, at the entrance of the Alagappa’s flour mill near Permatang Pauh.
In the haircut video clip, which has been viewed more than 9,000 times, Shahul Hamid also said it was haram for Muslim women to go to a non-Muslim salon, as a woman’s hair was considered aurat and should not be exposed to non-Muslims, even if they are women.
Shahul Hamid also made a jab at transgenders working at salons by mimicking their voices, which he said sounded like frogs.
https://www.themalaysianinsight.com/s/18909/
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31 July 2014
PAS preacher apologises for curry powder remarks, pleads withdrawal …
Malay Mail OnlineVerified account @themmailonline
PAS preacher apologises for curry powder remarks, pleads withdrawal of police reports (VIDEO)
BUKIT MERTAJAM, July 31 — Stung by the heat over his curry powder remarks, Islamic preacher Shahul Hamid publicly apologised today for his racial slight against Malaysian Indians and Hindus.
The PAS member, accompanied by Penang deputy PAS commissioner Datuk Mujahid Yusof Rawa, also begged his detractors to withdraw their police complaints against him and to give him a second chance to make amends.
“I am here now to openly apologise to all over the offensive words I’ve said during a religious speech and I wish to state that I did not intend to insult or to incite racial tension as I was only trying to attract the attention of my audience then,” he told a news conference at the Bandar Perda mosque here.
“I am sincerely apologising to all Indians. I regret saying those words and I promise not to do this again,” he added.
Shahul also said he wished to meet with ethnic Indian community leaders to personally apologise to them for his remarks.
A video clip of Shahul’s speech, in which he told Muslims not to buy curry powder from “Hindu companies” such as Alagappa’s and Baba’s was uploaded to social media sites recently, provoking fury from the minority communities.
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