Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA) officers allegedly asked two non-Muslim students questions about the Islamic faith as part of a scholarship interview in Sarawak over the weekend.
The students were left speechless after being asked to name the prophets of Islam, the rukun (precepts) of Islamic prayers, and their opinion on the controversial hudud law, among others.
They are now afraid that their inability to answer the questions would affect their applications for university scholarships under the Indigenous People's Trust Council.
“In our group, there was another non-Muslim female candidate. We were both facing the same predicament,” Nigel Unchat Jeremaiah told Borneo Post Online, adding that the candidate was later asked about the pressures faced by the institutions of marriage and the family.
“It’s not that we do not want to participate in the question-and-answer session but we do not know what to answer. I am worried that our silence during the session could cost us.”
Nigel, who is a Christian, said that one of the Mara officers approached him after the interview and asked for his opinion on hudud after finding out that he was not a Muslim.
The interview was conducted at a Mara Junior Science College (MRSM) in Semariang, near Kuching on last Saturday.
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