The Perlis Islamic Religious and Malay Customs Council (MAIPs) provided RM5,000 in zakat donations today to a former GISB Holdings Sdn Bhd (GISBH) member to help him begin a new life. Perlis mufti Datuk Dr Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin said the council stepped forward to help the former GISBH member to live a proper life and re-enter society and free him from the influence of the group's teachings. 'The allocation is part of the decision agreed upon by the Perlis Fatwa Committee and is in line with the state fatwa declaring GISBH as deviant teachings,' he told reporters after presenting the zakat here today, in the presence of MAIPs chief executive officer Mohd Nazim Mohd NoorThe man, who wished to be known as Ahmad, 33, from Johor left GISBH in 2021. "Ahmad is one of the first individuals to receive the council's aid and I hope more will follow, whether from Perlis or other states, who leave the GISBH lifestyle that has deviated from the true teachings of Islam,' he said, adding that former GISBH members are w elcome to undergo their reintegration process in Perlis and that the council would conduct the programme if there were many applicants. 'We will invite them for a dialogue session. MAIPs is planning to hold dialogue sessions with them over the fatwa, we give them the chance… we also will accept other (former) deviant group members in Malaysia,' he said as he urged Muslims to help one another and not blame former GISBH members and to give them the chance and support to reintegrate themselves in society. Source: BERNAMA News Agency