JAIS Monitors Suspected Deviant Group
SHAH ALAM, Jan 8 (Bernama) -- The Selangor Islamic Religious Department (JAIS) is monitoring and gathering data on a group suspected to be practising deviant teachings and operating in the Klang Valley over the last three years.
Jais Public Relations Officer Fakrul Azam Yahya said Jais would outlaw the group, which calls itself Gerakan Pemuda Kahfi (GPK), if it was true that it spread deviant teachings.
"We are monitoring the group. We seek the cooperation of former members of the group to come forward to help the department collect data and take action against the group," he said.
He said the group's activities were exposed by the Malaysian Islamic Youth Movement (Abim) last year following several complaints from the public, and the media has also reported this.
"The group has its own way of drawing members from among the Muslim community," he told reporters when approached by reporters after a briefing on the Rufaqa Corporation, here.
Fakrul Azam said the group targeted young executives and professionals and imposed a RM1,000 membership fee for religious guidance.
"They have a holy book, which contains matters such as `wahyu' (divine revelations), for members. We have come to know that the location of the group's centre of activities is kept a secret from the new members and they are brought there blindfolded. We have yet to see the book," he said.
Fakrul Azam said people with information on the group can contact the Jais Investigation and Education Division at 03 - 5519 6351.
-- BERNAMA
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