PM calls for Islamic civilisation syllabus review

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the Islamic civilisation education syllabus in education institutions and universities must be reviewed.

Anwar said the review would provide enhanced understanding of Islam in the country and get rid of those who ride on religious sentiment for support.

"Islamic principles must be referred to the authority, hadith and the Quran. However, people now do their own fatwa and when we reprimand them, we are being labelled as anti-Islam.

"If a religious teacher issued a wrong statement, he must be called out.