Ahlul Bayt News Agency (ABNA.ir), A Thai inmate in the Jerudong Prison embraced the Islam faith yesterday morning at the Tulin prayer room of the prison.The inmate, Sombat Thong Ban Ha now known as Abdul Salam Abdullah, coverted to a Muslim in front of an officer from the Dakwah Islamic Centre, Edy Kasrin Abd Kadir and several witnesses.
Present at the conversion ceremony as the chief guest was Hj Ismail Hj Murat, Head of Prisons Institution cum the secretariat for the management of the Prisons Department.
The ceremony began with the recital of surah al-fatihah led by Ismail BPKAP Hj Abd Hamid, religious teacher in the Jerudong Prison. A ‘Dikir Ashrakal’ was performed to enliven the ceremony followed by a souvenir presentation to the new convert, and a ‘doa selamat’.
To date, a total of 40 inmates have embraced the Islam faith while serving their sentence, specifically 22 inmates at Jerudong Prison, eight at Maraburong Prison, and 10 female inmates at the Women’s Institution.
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