During the ‘Fatwa’ conference at the Islamic Centre based in Male Atoll on July 8, the Minister of Islamic Affairs Dr Ahmed Ziyad Baghir has stated that the Islamic sermons shall not cause the civil strife, reports The Edition. The establishment of a national religious advisory body by the current administration depicts the State’s devotion to Islam. The sermons must provide protection and preach for peace in the community, said Baghir. The Fatwa Majlis was established after dissolving the Islamic jurisprudence academy after an amendment was ratified to the Law on the Protection of the Religious Unity in 2016. The advisory board members of the Fatwa Majlis were hand-picked by the President Yameen Abdul Gayoom after taking suggestions from the Islamic minister, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Maldives, the Maldives National University and the Islamic University of Maldives post careful consideration.