Sabah police are looking for a foreigner named Astari to assist in their investigation into a boat explosion case in the waters of Pulau Tatagan, near here, on Tuesday (Jan 11)
KOTA KINABALU: Two men are feared injured or drowned after the engine of the pump boat they were in malfunctioned and exploded in Semporna district, Tuesday (Jan 11).
Published on: Wednesday, February 03, 2021
By: Malay Mail
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Preacher Ebit Lew is currently on a 10-day humanitarian visit to Sabah’s east coast districts of Lahad Datu, Tawau, Kunak and Semporna. Picture via Facebook
Kota Kinabalu: Sabah’s Islamic authorities lauded the mass conversion of a Bajau Laut community by preacher Ebit Lew, but clarified that the nomadic sea gypsies are mostly already classified as Muslims.
Sabah Mufti Datuk Bungsu Aziz Jaafar said while he was not privy to the actual conversion ceremony, the Sabah Islamic Affairs Department (JHEAINS) does classify the Bajau Laut ethnic group as Muslims based on its own surveys and reports.
Tuesday, 02 Feb 2021 05:21 AM MYT
BY JULIA CHAN
Preacher Ebit Lew is currently on a 10-day humanitarian visit to Sabah’s east coast districts of Lahad Datu, Tawau, Kunak and Semporna. Picture via Facebook
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KOTA KINABALU, Feb 2 Sabah’s Islamic authorities lauded the mass conversion of a Bajau Laut community by popular preacher Ebit Lew recently, but clarified that the nomadic sea gypsies are mostly already classified as Muslims.
Sabah Mufti Datuk Bungsu Aziz Jaafar said that while he was not privy to the actual conversion ceremony, the Sabah Islamic Affairs Department (JHEAINS) does classify the Bajau Laut ethnic group as Muslims based on its own surveys and reports.