Abstract
Accreditation is the permission given to a person to do certain tasks or things such as being an imam, reading a sermon, teaching, lecturing, performing marriage ceremonies and others. Non-accredited religious teachers cannot deliver their lectures in mosques and surau. There are many cases in this country involving the detention of non-accredited religious teachers 2019, the Melaka Department of Islamic Religion (JAIM) arrested independent preacher, Ustaz Wan Ji Wan Hussin for allegedly teaching without credential. Recently, the Mufti of Perlis was involved in a ban on speaking in a program in a state that was canceled due to not having credentials. The rules related to the accreditation of religious teaching in mosques and surau are not the same and are subjected to jurisdiction and legislation in each state. Accordingly, this article aims to explain the requirements of accreditationfor ech state in Malaysia and its legal effects. This study is a qualitative study that involves literature studies through legal sources and writings related to religious teaching in mosques and surau. This study also involves document analysis through every states’ Islamic administration statutes and syariah criminal statutes to identify the legal provisions related to the accreditation of religious teachers in mosques and surau. The results of the study found that there are clear legal provisions at the state level to control and ensure that religious teaching in mosques and surau does not deviate from the true teachings of Islam. The need to obtain accreditation for religious teaching in mosques and surau is aimed at curbing devian teachings and avoiding confusion in society regarding various issues related to religion of Islam.
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