The lack of investment in education is a problem that continues to trouble the local Muslim community, said the King.
Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin said the problem must be rectified to ensure the Muslim community was not left behind.
“The issue has been identified as important to Muslims in terms of community development,” Tuanku Mizan said when opening the inaugural Malaysian Islamic Religious Council congress here yesterday.
The King hoped the Islamic Education Coordination Advisory Board (Lepai) would play a bigger role alongside the respective Islamic state religious councils.
“The role and power of Lepai, which comes under the Council of Rulers, must be clarified so that religious education is implemented in a systematic and proper manner,” Tuanku Mizan said.
Some 1,000 participants are attending the two-day congress, which is jointly organised by the Islamic Development Department and state Islamic religious councils.
source : http://abna.ir
