VARSITIES URGED TO TAKE STERN ACTION ON LECTURERS, STUDENTS INVOLVED IN SYIAH TEACHINGS

JOHOR BAHARU (Johor, Malaysia), Dec 18 (Bernama) -- Public and private
institutions of higher learning are urged to take stern action against lecturers
and students involved in Syiah teachings.

Higher Education Minister Mohamed Khaled Nordin, in making the call, said Syiah
teachings contradicted with the teachings of Islam in this country.

"I want the university administration to concentrate on lecturers as they are
capable of influencing others, particularly students, in order to prevent the
teachings from spreading," he told reporters after presenting aid to students
from low-income families at Taman Johor Jaya, here Saturday.

He said this when asked to comment on the detention of 200 Syiah followers in
Selangor, who included lecturers and students of institutions of higher
learning, on Thursday by the Selangor Islamic Religious Department (Jais).

The detention was made following a raid on a fourth floor unit of a shop house
at Taman Sri Gombak, Batu Caves.
-- BERNAMA