As such, he called on all quarters to pay more attention to the plight of tahfiz schools and help out with their needs. Amar also advised the public to not simply lay the blame on the operators for the poor security aspects at tahfiz schools. "If a fire breaks out at a tahfiz school, we cannot just blame the operator. On the 17 tahfiz schools in Kelantan identified as being at risk of fire, he admitted that Kelantan is among the state which has many such schools. Besides schools under MAIK and private tahfiz schools, Amar said there are also several others set up by the state government through the Kelantan Islamic Foundation (YIK).

Source: New Strait Times September 16, 2017 04:41 UTC