KUALA LUMPUR - MALAYSIAN religious officials said on Thursday they had detained and fined nine members of an Islamic sect for celebrating the Eid al-Fitr holiday two days early.
The Eid festival, marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, has been declared on Friday for most parts of the world including Malaysia, but members of Jamiah Al-Zikri Awwalun were caught already celebrating on Wednesday.
The group in the northern state of Perlis is one of several fringe Islamic sects under close watch by Malaysian religious authorities. MORE
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