Don't get involved in terrorism, religious extremism - Selangor Sultan

The spirit of Jihad among Muslims should be optimised and channelled to the right direction, not by simply participating in terrorist or religious extremist activities, Sultan of Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah said.

He said he did not want any Muslim in the state to display the attitude of a religious extremist to the extent of rejecting development and deviating from the true Islamic teaching.

"However, I also do not approve Muslims who are too liberal to the extent of sidelining the Islamic laws and promoting LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) culture.

"Be a Muslim who lives according to the true Islamic teachings based on Al-Quran and Sunnah " he said at the breaking-of-fast event with the people and Nuzul Quran celebration at Raja Haji Fi' Sabilillah Mosque here today.

Also present were Raja Muda of Selangor Tengku Amir Shah Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah and Selangor Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali.

Meanwhile, Sultan Sharafuddin also reminded mosque committee members in the state to adhere to the Selangor Islamic Religious Council's (MAIS) instructions not to allow political values and elements be spread in mosque, and not to invite religious speakers, preachers and khatib without credentials from MAIS.

"I have also ordered for foreign preachers not to be allowed to deliver religious talks in other mosques in Selangor except at Masjid Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Mosque (State Mosque) in Shah Alam, Tengku Ampuan Jemaah Mosque in Bukit Jelutong and Masjid Diraja Sultan Suleiman in Klang," he said.

At the event, the Sultan also presented donations worth RM500 each to 135 Muslim converts and 242 asnaf and the poor as preparations to celebrate the upcoming Hari Raya.

He also graced the opening of the Raja Haji Fi' Sabilillah Mosque, which was built at a cost of RM62 million and equipped with a multi-purpose hall and staff quarters.

The mosque, built on a 6.8-hectare site here, is the second largest mosque in Selangor and capable of accommodating 10,200 congregation at a time.

It was built using the green technology concept by maximising the use of natural lighting concept, natural ventilation and underground reservoirs.

The mosque was named after Raja Haji Fi Sabilillah Ibni Opu Daeng Chelak, the late Sultan Salehuddin who died while fighting the Dutch army in 1784.