SHAH ALAM: Selangor Menteri Besar Mohamed Azmin Ali urged the state Islamic Religious Council (MAIS) and non-governmental organisation Sisters in Islam (SIS) to meet and solve the issue regarding a fatwa by the council declaring the women rights group as 'deviant'.
"From the clarification given by Mufti of Selangor Datuk Seri Mohd Tamyes Abd Wahid Mufti and MAIS at the meeting of Dewan Di-Raja Selangor, I proposed with the consent of Tuanku Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, that Mohd Tamyes and MAIS hold a meeting with SIS in order to avert confusion and misunderstanding.
"After reading the statement by SIS in the media, I immediately communicated with Mohd Tamyes and raised the matter with him.
"This matter was then discussed at the meeting of Dewan Di-Raja Selangor which coincidentally was in session on Nov 30 and Mohd Tamyes and MAIS had clarified their position to me.
"It should be noted that I am not a member of the Fatwa Committee of Selangor and fatwas are not within the jurisdiction or purview of the office of the menteri besar.
"I earnestly hope that such consultation and meeting conducted without rancour or ill-will, would help bring about an atmosphere of harmony as enjoined by Islam," he said.
SIS had called for a judicial review on the fatwa and named MAIS, the Selangor fatwa committee and the state government as respondents in the review filed last Friday.
