{"id":20133,"date":"2017-11-21T19:50:36","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T11:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/?p=20133"},"modified":"2017-11-21T22:19:17","modified_gmt":"2017-11-21T14:19:17","slug":"unifor-platform-for-non-muslim-to-highlight-problems-on-religious-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/?p=20133","title":{"rendered":"Unifor \u2013 platform for non-Muslim to highlight problems on religious matters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Piasau state assemblyman, Dato\u2019 Sebastian ting believed that \u00a0Maintaining racial and religious unity remains a vital component in Sarawak\u2019s pursuit towards digital economy.<\/p>\n<p>He appreciates the move by the state government in setting up a Non-Islamic Affairs Unit to address issues faced by the non-Muslims in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Sarawak, he added, is unique and sarawakians have inherited this good spirit from one generation to the next. \u00a0He said in his address during a visit to Gurdwara Sahib Miri yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Ting, who was making the address at a visit to Gurdwara Sahib miri viewed the unit \u2013 renamed Unit for Other Religions (Unifor) \u2013 as a designated platform for non-Muslim Sarawakians to highlight problems on religious matters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Unifor is a special unit in that it also provides financial assistance meant for the centres of worship of the non-Muslims.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Ting presented financial contribution from Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg to Gurdwara Sahib Miri, which was accepted by its president Gurmokh Singh.<\/p>\n<p>The RM160,000 fund would be used for repair and maintenance works on the Sikh temple.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/unnamed6.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-20131\" alt=\"unnamed\" src=\"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/unnamed6.jpg\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/unnamed6.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/unnamed6-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/unnamed6-1024x591.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Piasau state assemblyman, Dato\u2019 Sebastian ting believed that \u00a0Maintaining racial and religious unity remains a vital component in Sarawak\u2019s pursuit towards digital economy. He appreciates the move by the state government in setting up a Non-Islamic Affairs Unit to address issues faced by the non-Muslims in the state. Sarawak, he added, is unique and sarawakians have inherited this good spirit from one generation to the next. \u00a0He said in his address during a visit to Gurdwara Sahib Miri yesterday. Ting, who was making the address at a visit to Gurdwara<a href=\"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/?p=20133\" class=\"read-more\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20131,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20133"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20133"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20134,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20133\/revisions\/20134"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}