Ibrahim Mat Zin had been summoned to give an explanation on a viral video of him performing a ritual on a beach, purportedly to protect Malaysia from a North Korean nuclear attack, The Star reported.
“On March 22, Jakim took the initiative to call Ibrahim for an explanation about the viral video footage of him performing a ritual, but he did not show up,” director-general of Jakim Othman Mustapha said in a statement.
The three-minute video shows Ibrahim and three assistants wading in water with two coconuts, a pair of sticks used as binoculars, five bamboo cannons, a carpet and a bowl of seawater.
Othman said: “Several states have agreed in their state fatwa committee meetings that the rituals and practices of Ibrahim Mat Zin or Bomoh Ibrahim Mat Zin that uses certain objects are against Islamic laws and are illegal.”
He said a study by Jakim’s expert panel had also found Ibrahim’s rituals to contain elements of idolatry and superstitious practices.
Ibrahim is also in the bad books of the police. On March 20, Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar said police would summon him following a slew of reports against him.
Khalid had said: “Enough is enough. Do not do silly things. His actions are clearly embarrassing the Malays. I have asked him to stop and use the Quran and Sunnah as guidance.”
Ibrahim had earlier performed a ritual outside the National Institute of Forensic Medicine at Hospital Kuala Lumpur, following the assassination of Kim Jong Nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
He performed these rituals following political tensions between Malaysia and North Korea after the assassination of Jong Nam at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (klia 2) on Feb 13.