The Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim) will launch a special campaign dubbed "Mind the Valentine's Day Trap Campaign" tomorrow to prevent Muslims, especially teenagers, from celebrating Valentine's Day on Monday.

Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Jamil Khir Baharom said the programme was aimed at disseminating information about celebrating Valentine's Day, which contravenes Islamic teachings.

He also called on television stations to play their role in the matter by offering suitable programmes that could educate the public about Valentine's Day.

On other developments, Jamil Khir said special briefings would be held for Malaysian students who were recently evacuated from Egypt to eliminate negative perceptions that there was a political agenda behind the rescue operation mounted by the government.

He said the briefings would be conducted with the cooperation from other government agencies and Baitulmal offices nationwide.

Meanwhile, he said the government was in the midst of discussing the idea of having TV Al-Hijrah being broadcast through pay-tv station, Astro.

"From our initial discussion, it is expected to be implemented by April, because Astro have given their commitment that they will try to help with the transmission," he said.

- Bernama