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Federal Mufti Says Move On After UMNO Delegate's Priest-and-Nun Joke

Malaysia Times desk Original: The Rakyat Post↗ 9/18 11:50 X
Federal Mufti Says Move On After UMNO Delegate's Priest-and-Nun Joke
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The Mufti of the Federal Territories has advised Malaysians to accept the correction and close the chapter on the UMNO delegate's sexually suggestive priest-and-nun joke — delivered at the national assembly to praise the party president, anchored to a Bible verse that says nothing of the sort.

From the original report

The federal religious authority has spoken: apologise, correct the record, and do not drag it further.

What preceded that advice was a sexually suggestive joke about a Catholic priest and a nun, told at Malaysia's most prominent Malay political assembly, tied to a Bible verse the speaker had not read.

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The Rakyat Post
Originally published
Sep 18, 2026
Updated here
Sep 18, 2026
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