{"id":3164,"date":"2020-04-14T15:35:05","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T07:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=3164"},"modified":"2020-04-14T15:35:37","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T07:35:37","slug":"mosques-provide-aid-to-non-muslims-as-taught-by-the-prophet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=3164","title":{"rendered":"Mosques and surau provide aid to non-Muslims; as taught by the Prophet"},"content":{"rendered":"
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KLANG VALLEY, April 14\u00a0— Donations given by mosques and surau here are for anyone affected by the COVID-19 outbreak, including non-Muslims.<\/p>\n

Director of the Federal Territories Islamic Religious\u00a0Department\u00a0(JAWI)\u00a0Mohd Ajib Ismail said the aid does not use funds from the department or government but is instead from mosque collections and contributions from strategic partners, BERNAMA<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to send out the message that although the mosques are\u00a0closed, it does not mean they are\u00a0not functioning. During the Movement Control Order (MCO) period, the mosques continue to help people whose supplies have been cut off.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThis includes non-Muslims, like\u00a0the Prophet Muhammad taught us, the aid is given to anyone,\u201d he told reporters after presenting donations to non-Muslims at the\u00a0Ar-Rahimah Mosque in Kampung Pandan today.<\/p>\n

At the event, 58 non-Muslim persons from the area around the Ar-Rahimah Mosque received donations comprising essential foods including rice, cooking oil, sugar, flour and condensed milk.<\/p>\n

For the record, mosques and surau in the Federal Territory have\u00a0donated RM1.2 million to 19,523 people since the MCO was imposed on March 18.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, one recipient,Yin Chung, 56 said his income as a Grab driver was affected after the MCO began since he could no longer drive as he did not want to be at risk of getting an infection.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have only some savings and have to spend carefully. Giving non-Muslims this aid is a way to change the negative perception of some people towards Islam,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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PHOTO CREDIT – BERNAMA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
PJ mosque distributing food to non-Muslims<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Portal FMT<\/a> reported a mosque in Petaling Jaya has been distributing food to surrounding residents including non-Muslims, winning praise from the public even as Malaysians put up with a barrage of racially charged narratives on social media related to the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

For several days a week, the Al-Islamiah Mosque in Kampung Lindungan, a working class area in Petaling Jaya just a few minutes\u2019 drive from the glittering lights of the Sunway Pyramid mall, has been handing out items such as rice, eggs, biscuits, cooking oil and chicken to surrounding residents.<\/p>\n

The items are donations from the public as well as NGOs.<\/p>\n

One photograph shared on Facebook showed a group of non-Muslim women lining up in the mosque compound, drawing praise for the mosque management from social media users.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are an example to all, especially Muslims,\u201d said one.<\/p>\n

Mosque spokesman Muhammad Hafis Asib said the initiative was meant to help those from the B40 category who comprise the majority in the area, many of whom lost their income under the movement control order (MCO).<\/p>\n

Hafis said non-Muslims make up about 40% of the residents there.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe welcome them. We don\u2019t want to let them down. In Islam, anyone who needs help should be given help,\u201d he told FMT.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are grateful we are able to do something in such times.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hafis also appealed for more funds to purchase essential goods, saying the mosque has limited funding.<\/p>\n

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PHOTO CREDIT AL ISLAMIAH MOSQUE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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