Now DAP Lawmaker Ko Chung Sen Questions Islamic CIvilisation Subject In Universities #KLChronicle

A DAP lawmaker wants Putrajaya to reverse its decision to make the Islamic civilisation subject compulsory in private universities which he claimed to be an encroachment on the rights of non-Muslims in the country.

Effective September 1, university students at private institutions of higher learning are obliged to take up the subject to qualify for accreditation by the Malaysia Qualification Agency, the Education Ministry had announced in Parliament recently.

“For the non-Muslims, why is it necessary for them to study Islamic civilisation? They would have been well brought up in their respective religious background and have solid foundation in their moral teachings,” said Kampar MP Ko Chung Sen (picture).

“It is guaranteed in our Federal Constitution that non-Muslims have the freedom of professing and practice of their religion...  therefore non-Muslims should not be compelled to learn about Islam,” Ko told reporters in Parliament here.