The Mufti (Federal Territories) Bill 2024 would turn Malaysia into an Islamic state overnight, several groups from East Malaysia claimed today.

According to Borneo Post Online, 14 Sarawak- and Sabah-based groups also said that the bill violates the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) and constitutes a direct attack on the nation’s secular system.

“We in Sabah and Sarawak strongly oppose the proposed mufti bill that seeks to expand the powers of the mufti in the Federal Territories.

“We firmly reject any move to be ruled by the mufti...