SINGAPORE – A former massage therapist given a jail sentence in 2025 over teaching a doctrine contrary to Islamic laws has had his remaining charge withdrawn.
Following a trial, Mohd Razif Radi, 68, was sentenced to four months’ jail in July that year on one count of the offence under the Administration of Muslim Law Act (AMLA).
The remaining charge accused the Singaporean of operating a Muslim religious school that was not registered by the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (MUIS).
A State Courts online portal stated that Razif was granted a discharge amounting to an acquittal over this charge, following a pre-trial conference on May 5.
“After careful consideration of the facts and circumstances of the matter, including the conviction and sentence on the AMLA charge, the prosecution withdrew the (pending) charge…with the consent of the court,” said the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) on May 11, in response to The Straits Times’ queries.
An AGC spokesperson added that if the conviction on the AMLA charge is subsequently set aside, the court may proceed with the trial for the charge relating to the school.
In earlier proceedings, the court heard that Razif, who had never been an Islamic teacher under the Asatizah Recognition Scheme, taught his followers that gambling could be made permissible, and that a man and a woman could be validly married through a “spiritual marriage”.
