Malacca Chief Minister Idris Haron wants the title of Dr Zakir Naik's lecture scheduled to be held at the Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Malacca, in Malacca on Sunday, 'Women's Right in Islam' to be changed to 'Islam, problems and solution to humanity'.

He said the new title was seen to be more suitable in analysing the problems of humanity in the current world and Islam as a solution to all these problems.

"We choose a topic which the public wants to listen to and receive vast knowledge and benefits to enable hamanity to improve through Islam.

"I want people to come and hear what Zakir says about this topic, come in numbers and understand what is being delivered," he said at a press conference after chairing a meeting of the Malacca state executive council today.

Yesterday, Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the government allowed the preacher from India to have the lecture in Malacca but he had to change the topic of his lecture.

Meanwhile in KUALA TERENGGANU, the Terengganu government invited Zakir, who is also patron of the Islamic Research Foundation (IRF), to open up a branch or research centre for the South-East Asian region in the state.

Menteri Besar Ahmad Razif Abdul Rahman said with the existence of the IRF in the state, Terengganu would be better known as a knowledge and Islamic growth centre in the region.

"Insyaallah (God willing), tomorrow I will meet with Zakir and discuss the offer of the state government to set up the IRF branch in the state.

"We may offer one of the islands in the Tasik Kenyir area to be the location for the knowledge centre," he told reporters after a function today.

- Bernama