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Answer for Oral Question PL256

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YANG BERHORMAT AWANG HAJI MOHAMAD DANIAL @ TEKPIN BIN YA’AKUB​

QUESTION:

YANG BERHORMAT AWANG HAJI MOHAMAD DANIAL @ TEKPIN BIN YA’AKUB asks the MENTERI HAL EHWAL UGAMA to state what efforts and plans the Ministry is undertaking to address the issue of shortage of imams or mosque officers and whether there are specific programs being consistently implemented to encourage the community, especially the youth, to take an interest in these positions?

YANG BERHORMAT MENTERI HAL EHWAL UGAMA​

ANSWER:

To address the issue of shortage of imams or mosque officers for mosques nationwide, several initiatives have been implemented as follows:

  1. Establishing the number of mosque officers according to the mosque category as follows:
No.Mosque CategoryNumber of Mosque Officers
Imam
1National Mosque● 1 Imam Special Level B3
● 7 Imam Level I
2Main Mosque● 1 Imam Special Level B3
● 1 Imam Level I
● 1 Imam Level II
3Mukim Mosque● 1 Imam Special Level B3
● 1 Imam Level I
4Village Mosque● 1 Imam Level I
● 1 Imam Level III
5Surau● 1 Imam Level I
● 1 Imam Level III
6Worship Hall● 1 Imam Level I
● 1 Imam Level IV

  1. Implementing planned and organized recruitment by processing mosque officer positions to be retired within the next 6 months to ensure vacancies are filled after retirement. Currently, there are 23 vacant mosque officer positions, all of which are being processed to be filled.

  2. Placing 65 SkiPPA apprentices in the Department of Mosque Affairs to meet the needs of mosque officers nationwide.

  3. Additionally, the efforts of the Department of Mosque Affairs to meet the needs for imams and bilal include the approach of appointing Future Imams and Future Bilals, either from within the Bilal or Merbut itself, or the general public, especially graduates in religious fields who are unemployed.

The Department of Mosque Affairs has organized Programs / Courses / Workshops for Future Imams and Bilals among the mosque congregation and youth as guidance and encouragement for them to become Imams or Bilals.

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