Ministry of Religious Affairs (Brunei)

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The {{Langx|ms|Jabatan Adat Istiadat, Ugama dan Kebajikan Masyarakat|label=none}} (Department of Customs, Religious and Social Welfare){{Cite book |last=Mohammad bin Pengiran Haji Abd Rahman (Pengiran Haji) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BjRPAQAAMAAJ&q=Jabatan+Adat+Istiadat+Negara |title=Islam di Brunei Darussalam zaman British, 1774-1984 |date=2007 |publisher=Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Brunei, Kementerian Kebudayaan Belia dan Sukan |isbn=978-99917-0-557-6 |pages=206 |language=ms}}{{Cite book |last=Awang Abdul Aziz bin Awang Juned (Pehin Tuan Imam Dato Paduka Seri Setia Ustaz Haji.) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sKBuAAAAMAAJ&q=Jabatan+Adat+Istiadat+Negara |title=Islam di Brunei: zaman pemerintahan Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Paduka Seri Baginda Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzuddin Waddaulah, Sultan dan Yang Di-Pertuan Negara Brunei Darussalam |date=1992 |publisher=Jabatan Pusat Sejarah Brunei Darussalam |language=ms}} was established on 1 July 1954.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lA3R3_38LVsC&q=Jabatan+Adat+Istiadat+Negara |title=Perjalanan Negara Brunei Darussalam memasuki alaf baru |date=1999 |publisher=Jawatankuasa Tertinggi Penerbitan Buku Perjalanan Negara Brunei Darussalam Memasuki Alaf Baru |pages=120 |language=ms}} Once located in the Royal Secretariat Building's General Office (now known as the Secretariat Building). The department was formed by designating Pengiran Anak Haji Mohamed Alam as the {{Langx|ms|Pegawai Adat Istiadat, Ugama, and Kebajikan Masyarakat|label=none}} (Customs, Religious, and Social Welfare Officer) with the approval of Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III.{{Cite web |last=Jabatan Adat Istiadat Negara |title=Sejarah Ringkas |url=https://www.adat-istiadat.gov.bn/SitePages/Sejarah%20Ringkas.aspx |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=www.adat-istiadat.gov.bn |language=ms}}

On 29 September 1959,{{Cite web |url=http://www.kheu.gov.bn/SitePages/Sejarah.aspx |title=Laman Utama - Sejarah |website=www.kheu.gov.bn |language=ms |access-date=6 September 2017 }} the Religious Section was renamed the Department of Religious Affairs ({{lang|ms|Jabatan Hal Ehwal Ugama}}){{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w2bZcicHKDsC&q=Jabatan+Adat+Istiadat+Negara |title=Pameran sejarah perkembangan Islam di Brunei sempena memperingati kedatangan tahun Hijrah 1400 |date=1979 |publisher=Muzium Brunei |language=ms}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CRRSAQAAMAAJ&q=Jabatan+Adat+Istiadat+Negara |title=Sejarah penubuhan mahkamah syariah Negara Brunei Darussalam |date=2005 |publisher=Jabatan Kehakiman Negara, Jabatan Perdana Menteri, Negara Brunei Darussalam |isbn=978-99917-920-0-2 |pages=160 |language=ms}} under the power bestowed by the Brunei 1959 Constitution, with Pengiran Dato Seri Paduka Haji Ali serving as its new leader.{{Cite web |last=Jabatan Adat Istiadat Negara |title=Sejarah Ringkas |url=https://www.adat-istiadat.gov.bn/SitePages/Sejarah%20Ringkas.aspx |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=www.adat-istiadat.gov.bn |language=ms}} On 21 October 1970, the construction of their new B$375,000 headquarters were completed in Tutong, near Hassanal Bolkiah Mosque.{{Cite news |date=21 October 1970 |title=Pembenaan bangunan Pejabat Hal Ehwal Ugama, Tutong telah siap |pages=3 |work=Pelita Brunei |url=https://www.pelitabrunei.gov.bn/Arkib%20Dokumen/1970/21%20oktober%201970%20(2).pdf}}

In the fiscal year 2021–2022, the ministry had been allocated a budget of B$263 million,{{efn|name=budget USD|≈US$190 million as of July 2022{{Cite web |url=https://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/convert/?Amount=263000000&From=BND&To=USD |title=263,000,000 BND to USD - Bruneian Dollars to US Dollars Exchange Rate |website=XE.com |access-date=24 July 2022 }}}} a two percent increase from the previous year.{{cite news |first=Rasidah |last=Hj Abu Bakar |title=Over 650 Syariah offences prosecuted since 2013 |date=23 March 2021 |work=The Scoop |url=https://thescoop.co/2021/03/23/over-650-syariah-offences-committed-since-2013/ |access-date=24 July 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110112227/https://thescoop.co/2021/03/23/over-650-syariah-offences-committed-since-2013/ |archive-date=10 November 2021 }}

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