MAKKAH: Saudi Arabia has included Bahasa Melayu as one of the foreign languages in the live translation during Friday sermons at Makkah’s Grand Mosque and Madinah’s Nabawi Mosque. The Imam of the Grand Mosque in Makkah (Masjidil Haram), Sheikh Dr Abdul Rahman Abdul Aziz As-Sudais, said the sermon will also be live in Bahasa Melayu during the Friday sermons in Arafah during the Haj season. The device is connected to an FM frequency that broadcasts the translation of the Arabic sermon delivered by the Grand Mosque khatib (preacher). He said the massive expansion of the Grand Mosque in Makkah was in the final stages of completion. Sheikh Abdul Rahman said Saudi Arabia and Malaysia represent Islamic moderation and both nations are example to the world.

Source: New Strait Times March 26, 2018 06:10 UTC