PUTRAJAYA: The Prime Minister's Department (Religious Affairs) is waiting for guidelines from the Health Ministry before allowing religious activities at mosques and Suraus to resume under the Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO).
Its minister Datuk Dr Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri said the Health Ministry has the expertise to decide on the matter.
"We will wait for the health ministry before deciding the best time to resume such activities. The time will come for all houses of worship to reopen and we will be able to resume all activities," he wrote in his Facebook.
In the post, Zulkifli also thanked health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah for reviewing the guidelines for religious activities at mosques and suraus presented during a Muzakarah Committee Meeting of the National Council for Islamic Affairs on April 30.
The meeting was chaired by Muzakarah committee chairman Datuk Wan Zahidi Wan Teh and attended by Malaysian muftis and the council's appointed members.
The government's main consideration before resuming such activities is the preparedness of all parties, namely the state religious councils and departments as the main authorities in religious affairs in the states, and also measures taken by mosques and suraus.