JOHOR BARU, May 21 -- The Johor Islamic Religious Department (JAINJ) is monitoring all Islamic educational learning centres catering to displaced Rohingya refugees here to keep radicalism and extremism in check.

State Islamic Religious Affairs Committee chairman Mohd Fared Mohd Khalid said JAINJ's monitoring is a preventive measure, adding that the department will also help the centres comply with guidelines.

"Such measures were deemed necessary after the attack at the Ulu Tiram police station last Friday which was initially linked to an extremist religious group," he told reporters after visiting the Kampung Plentong Baru Islamic Centre here last night.

He said JAINJ is watching the Rohingya Islamic learning centres to know if the rel...