Mosques under Jakim, Jawi to hold funeral prayers for Ismail Haniyeh

All mosques under the Islamic Development Department (Jakim) will organise a solat jenazah ghaib (funeral prayers in the absence of the dead) for Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated in Tehran, Iran earlier today.

Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Religious Affairs) Mohd Na'im Mokhtar reportedly has ordered Jakim and the Federal Territories Islamic Affairs Department (Jawi) to...