THE Malay rulers have agreed to review Islamic institutions at the federal level, with a five-man panel led by former chief secretary Ahmad Sarji Abdul Hamid.

“For the purpose of improving Islamic institutions at the federal level, the Malay rulers who met on July 10, 2018 for the 249th Conference of Rulers have consented to the formation of the high-level committee on Islamic affairs at the federal level,” the keeper of the rulers’ seal said in a statement today.