PUTRAJAYA, Feb 3 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim) has called on the congregation at all mosques nationwide to perform "solat hajat" (prayer of need) tonight and after Friday prayers tomorrow for the safety of Malaysians in Egypt.
Jakim director-general Datuk Wan Mohamad Sheikh Abdul Aziz said it was also to pray for an end to the current political unrest in Egypt, which began end of last month as protestors rallied against President Hosni Mubarak, urging him to step down.
"We hope the over 11,000 Malaysian students in Egypt will be safe and that the unrest will end peacefully," he said in an text message to Bernama here Thursday.
Wan Mohamad is currently attending a regional seminar on the roles of mosques in social development in Bangkok, Thailand.
-- BERNAMA
