A Threads post inviting people to break fast at a TTDI mosque quickly became an unexpected outlet for complaints about how some congregants say they have been treated there.
On the evening of 22 February, a Threads user named fxrdaus.92 posted about iftar at Masjid At-Taqwa in Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Kuala Lumpur. There were plenty of empty slots at 6.32pm, he said, and he wanted to invite others to come.
The food was good. Nasi Arab Mandy Chicken, with lepat pisang, watermelon and teh tarik he personally recommended. The tarawikh was steady and unhurried, considerate of the older congregants. For moreh, there was bubur pulut hitam and popia sira.
It was, by all accounts, a good night.
Then the Comments Came
What fxrdaus.92 didn’t expect was for his post to become a space for others to air their grievances about the mosque.
Replies began surfacing from people who had visited Masjid At-Taqwa before. Some said the space was not child-friendly. Others described feeling poorly treated by senior members of the congregation. One person even mentioned what they called an ongoing political manoeuvre within the mosque.
The positive invite had become something else entirely.
The Mosque and JAWI Respond
The mosque management was quick to address the situation. In an initial statement, they explained that the photo of an empty hall had been taken before the crowd arrived. iftar crowds typically only begin filling mosques around 7pm and this was the case across almost all Friday mosques and suraus in the Federal Territory, not just At-Taqwa.
JAWI echoed this in an official press release, clarifying that the apparent emptiness was not unusual given that breaking fast time this Ramadan falls quite late in the evening.
But the mosque also acknowledged the more serious complaints. In a follow-up statement the management humbly apologised and confirmed that investigations into the claims of poor treatment towards congregants were underway.
“We are looking into the claims of poor treatment towards the congregants, and we will make sure that history does not repeat itself,” they wrote. “Thank you for your trust and support.”
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