SHAH ALAM: The Selangor Islamic Religious Department (JAIS) is investigating a viral social media post about an individual believed to be Muslim who allegedly took part in religious rituals of another faith that contravene Islamic law.
Director Datuk Mohd Shahzihan Ahmad said JAIS had launched the investigation under Sections 4 and 10 of the Syariah Criminal Offences (Selangor) Enactment 1995, which cover acts of worship carried out in violation of Islamic law and acts that bring Islam into disrepute.
"JAIS has so far been unable to confirm whether the individual carried out the act during the Thaipusam festival at Batu Caves, Selangor, as claimed in the viral post.
"We also cannot rule out the possibility that the post was altered using superimposition or artificial intelligence (AI)," he said in a statement today.
