AFTER heavy rainfall that brought on a collection of floods in a number of elements of Malaysia, Ibrahim Mat Zin – who goes by the title Raja Bomoh – determined to return to assist ease the catastrophe with a brand new ritual.
This time, he was not working alone. In the 25-minute video uploaded on Perak Press’ Facebook web page, Raja Bomoh was seen with a lady often called Puteri Zaleha, allegedly performing a flood ritual to thrust back the pure catastrophe close to Teluk Gelanggang, Teluk Intan, Perak.
Instead of coconuts, he was seen utilizing rice, turmeric, flowers and leaves and what appeared to be a duplicate of the Quran in entrance of them.
In the video, Raja Bomoh claimed that the ceremony was an historical apply carried out not solely in Teluk Intan however all through Malaysia, all the Malay archipelago, and apparently, the entire world.
However, netizens weren’t impressed by the occasion, and plenty of discovered it to be ridiculous.
A number of days after the video was posted, each Raja Bomoh and Puteri Zaleha had been charged within the Ipoh Syariah Subordinate Court underneath Section 14 of the Perak Syariah Criminal Enactment 1992 for denigrating and insulting Islam and Section 16 of the identical enactment for disobeying the Perak Mufti Department’s fatwa after the Perak Islamic Religious Department (JAIPk) opened an investigation in opposition to them on Wednesday.
Those convicted underneath the part face a effective not exceeding RM3,000 and/or imprisonment not exceeding 2 years.
Watch the video here.
