KUANTAN: Parents who plan to enroll their children at maahad tahfiz (religious schools) in the state are advised to conduct background checks on the respective centres to protect their children from any potential harm. According to Syed Ibrahim, some parents might not give much attention to these factors, as to them, religious education was of utmost importance. The same applies here, parents must get proper details and not just send their children to any tahfiz centre for the sake of providing them religious education," he said when contacted today. Syed Ibrahim said parents should always emphasise on their children's safety especially when they plan to send their children to stay and study at the tahfiz centres. "But some parents still choose to send their kids to unregistered tahfiz schools.

Source: New Strait Times November 11, 2019 09:13 UTC