
Mais chairman Abdul Aziz Yusof admitted that the council faces a major challenge in managing these deviant groups as they have vastly different beliefs, Harian Metro reported.
“We need to thoroughly plan how to correct or rehabilitate them. (Just like the Global Ikhwan Services and Business Holdings case) it’s not easy because they have so many followers.
“They don’t wear uniforms, so it’s hard to identify them outright. But we must rehabilitate them so that they return to the true teachings of Islam,” he was quoted as saying.
Multiple states have declared the teachings and practices of GISBH as deviant over its alleged practice of the banned Aurad Muhammadiyah teachings.
GISBH’s activities came to light after 20 welfare homes linked to it were raided by police, with more than 600 children rescued.
The company is being investigated for alleged child abuse, sexual abuse, human trafficking, money laundering and deviant Islamic teachings.
More than 400 people associated with the group, including its top management, have been detained in operations to clamp down on its activities across the country.
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