Even prudish Singapore is repealing this colonial legal relic. The traditional greeting during Raya is “maaf zahir dan batin”, approximately translated as, “I seek your forgiveness, physically and ...

Repeatedly painted an enemy of Islam, Kit Siang wishes Hadi and PAS ‘Selamat Hari Raya, maaf zahir dan batin’ DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang said PAS president Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang showed poor ...

“On the auspicious occasion of one of the most important religions in the world, despite all the wrong and false conceptions of DAP and me, I have no harsh words for Hadi, and I wish Hadi and PAS ...

It’s the memohon maaf on the morning of the first Raya, where people shake hands and apologize to each other for the wrongdoings of the past year. In fact, apologizing is like the corporate slogan of ...

But Indonesian Muslims hardly use it. One of the unique traditions in Indonesian Islam is to say minal aidzin walfaizin, mohon maaf lahir dan batin as an Idul Fitri greeting.

In Malaysia, whenever people greet one another, they usually say, ‘Selamat Hari Raya’, to be followed by ‘Maaf Zahir dan Batin’, which translates loosely to “I seek forgiveness (from you ...