Kelantan PAS no ties with GISB, Al-Arqam: party leader

KOTA BHARU – No Kelantan PAS member is involved in Global Ikhwan Services and Business (GISB) Holdings Sdn Bhd nor the Al-Arqam dissent group, said Kelantan PAS deputy commissioner Datuk Dr. Mohamed Fadzli Hassan.

Fadzli, who is also Kelantan deputy Menteri Besar, said PAS and Al-Arqam are two different entities.

“Yes, I (can) confirm that no PAS member is involved in the two groups,” he told reporters after attending the inauguration ceremony in conjunction with the 55th birthday of Kelantan Sultan Muhammad V.

Fadzli said the state government is leaving all matters related to GISB to the authorities for investigation and agreed that action should be taken if the company and its members are proven to have broken the law.

“For now, we will leave it to the police, MAIK (Kelantan Religious and Malay Customs Council) and JHEAIK (Kelantan State Islamic Religious Affairs Department),” he said.

Meanwhile, Kelantan Mufti Datuk Mohamad Shukri Mohamad, when met at the ceremony, said there was no need to create a new fatwa regarding GISB unless other elements had been found by the authorities.

He said that the fatwa on deviant teachings, which was used by the National Fatwa Council on August 5, 1994 to declare al-Arqam deviant, is still relevant and should be adopted if it is proven that GISB followed the banned teachings.

On September 11, police launched Op Global and raided 20 homes of charities in Selangor and Negeri Sembilan linked to GISB, amid allegations of child exploitation and religious misconduct.

Since then, more than 300 persons, including some senior managers of GISB, have been arrested and 572 victims have been rescued in various states across the country.

GISB has since denied the allegations of child exploitation and sexual abuse. — September 29, 2024

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