It said that Jakim’s current involvement in the Central Committee for Application of Filming and Performance by Foreign Artistes (Puspal) — which also handles the foreign production of films in Malaysia — merely fulfilled the committee’s basic requirements.

Ahmad Yahya, the wing’s chief said this resulted in Jakim’s failure to cancel international performances, especially those involving western artists whom he claimed were pushing the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) agenda.

And this has a negative influence on society, he said.

“We need to be aware of the threat of LGBT advocates infiltrating the region. International concerts with western artists go against eastern values.

“Jakim needs to have a bigger role in the committee,” he said at the party’s Ulama Council assembly in Kedah.

Religious affairs minister Idris Ahmad had previously said that Jakim could not do anything to stop the concerts by artists from the West as 15 other agencies under Puspal had given the green light for such foreign acts.

PAS had previously called on Muslims to oppose rock concerts in the wake of one by American singer Billie Eilish, warning that such events would only invite the “wrath of Allah”.

Ahmad, who is also a senator, urged the government to improve social policies under the Islamic Social Action Plan to stop deviant culture from spreading across the country.

He said that the plan needed to be updated so that platforms that promoted LGBT content could be shut down.

“These channels include children’s cartoon shows and streaming platforms such as Netflix.

“The role of the Film Censorship Board needs to be more stringent to stop the normalisation of LGBT values via the films that come into the country.”