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Penangites, please ensure the shameless Gerakan president loses his deposit
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 4, 2023: The shameless and worst-ever Gerakan president Dominic Lau was kicked out from a PAS ceramah in Sungai Dua in Penang.
Yet, he and his bootlickers pretend that nothing happened.
Does Gerakan and Lau look like they can keep a check on the Taliban-like PAS to protect the democratic rights of Malaysians, in particular Penangites?
The answer is crystal clear and law-abiding peace-loving Malaysians must reject all the PAS-controlled Perikatan Nasional (PN) candidates.
No News Is Bad News reproduces below related news on the matter:
POOR GERAKAN – MOUSY, COWARDLY & POWERLESS AS EVER – DESPITE GETTING A ‘GET OUT’ FROM PAS, DOMINIC LAU & CO PRETEND ‘DON’T KNOW’ – ‘WE ARE NOT FIGHTING. GERAKAN HAS NO ISSUE WITH PENANG PAS’
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Gerakan should withdraw from polls to protest PAS extremism, says Chow
Penang PH chief Chow Kon Yeow says the PN component party should not wait to act until after the state election.
Penang Pakatan Harapan chief Chow Kon Yeow said Gerakan will not be able to ‘balance out’ PAS in Perikatan Nasional.
PETALING JAYA: Penang Pakatan Harapan chief Chow Kon Yeow says Gerakan should withdraw from the Aug 12 state election if it has any self-respect.
“Gerakan should withdraw to protest against PAS’ extremism,” Oriental Daily quoted Chow as saying at a PH event yesterday.
On Tuesday, Gerakan president Dominic Lau was reportedly refused entry to a Perikatan Nasional ceramah by PAS representatives in Sungai Dua, Penang.
Lau has since tried to play down the snub, saying he was there to meet PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang but left when Hadi was delayed.
However, it sparked a backlash online and called PN’s multiculturalism overtures into question.
Gerakan deputy president Oh Tong Keong said all its assemblymen will step down if Penang PN wins the state polls and starts practising extremism.
However, Chow said Gerakan should not wait.
“They should protest, protest right now,” he said, adding that PAS will continue to play up the 3R (race, religion and royalty) issue to appeal to Malay voters.
“Poor Gerakan, it thinks it can balance out PAS in PN. In reality, it’s useless to try.”
Hadi had previously promised non-Malays, especially those in Penang, the Islamic party will not marginalise them if it wins in the Aug 12 state election.
He said DAP and PH have created a tense atmosphere for the election, which is why voters should head to the polls to initiate a “huge” change.
DAP MP Syerleena Abdul Rashid said PAS’ inclusivity claim raised “serious concerns about the party’s political stance and credibility”, following the incident with Lau.
“Despite presenting itself as an inclusive party willing to work in a coalition, its recent actions reveal a significant discrepancy between stated values and actual practices,” the Bukit Bendera MP told FMT. FMT
Lau reportedly asked to leave PN ceramah in Penang
The Gerakan president had reportedly showed up without being invited to the event.
PETALING JAYA: Gerakan president Dominic Lau was reportedly asked to leave a Perikatan Nasional ceramah in Sungai Dua last night after showing up without being invited.
According to Sin Chew, Gerakan deputy president Oh Tong Keong confirmed that the party was not invited to attend the ceramah, which was also attended by PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang.
“As far as I know, this event, which was hosted in a Malay-majority area, was only intended for PAS leaders and members. Their target audience was probably the Malays,” he said.
Oh said Gerakan and PAS had an amicable relationship but the incident had led to grouses from the party’s grassroots.
“But we are not fighting. Gerakan has no issue with Penang PAS, its chairman, its secretary-general or its other leaders.
“In politics, it is normal for party members to voice their dissatisfaction (from time to time),” Oh said.
Lau is PN’s candidate for the Bayan Lepas seat in Penang.
Previously, a group of PAS grassroots members protested against Lau’s candidacy in Bayan Lepas, saying a PAS member should be fielded instead to contest the Malay-majority seat.
Subsequently, PN announced that its presidential council had decided that Lau would be fielded in Bayan Lepas.
Lau has dismissed claims that PAS grassroots were not supporting him, saying some local leaders came to show their support for him on nomination day. FMT
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Saudi Arabia deems Hadi a terrorist?
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Police and Home Ministry need to clarify whether the above is authentic.
Saudi Arabia deems Hadi a terrorist?
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 1, 2023: The above Saudi Arabia ban on PAS president Hadi Awang is now in circulation in social media.
Is it authentic?
Police and the Home Ministry need to clarify this alleged ban by Saudi Arabia to peace-loving Malaysians as it is a public security matter that affects nat6ional unity and harmony.
A Google search found two Free Malaysia Today reports on the matter in March 2021 when Hadi was the then prime minister Muhyiddin “I Am Malay First” special envoy to the Middle East.
If the ban is authentic, why have the police and Home Ministry did nothing for more than two years as Hadi was allegedly banned permanently to Saudi Arabia due to terrorism ideology.
Are the police and Home Ministry encouraging terrorism ideology in Malaysia?
No News Is Bad News reproduces below the two FMT news reports on the matter:
Saudis accuse ulama body linked to PAS chief of terrorism
IUMS is the latest to be added on the so-called ‘terror list’.
KUALA LUMPUR: Saudi Arabia and its three Gulf allies today extended their so-called “terror list”, naming an international organisation of Muslim scholars whose leaders include PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang.
The Saudi-led quartet comprising Egypt, the UAE and Bahrain, which recently joined forces in its diplomatic onslaught aganst Qatar, has added the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) on its list of organisations and individuals they accuse of supporting terrorism.
In a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency, they said IUMS was “working to promote terrorism through the exploitation of Islamic discourse”.
IUMS is one of two new entities and 11 individuals that have been added to the list. The other is the International Islamic Council “Massaa”, and 11 individuals.
“The two listed entities are terrorist organisations working to promote terrorism through the exploitation of Islamic discourse and its use as a cover to facilitate various terrorist activities,” the statement said.
The Qatar-based IUMS was formed in 2004 and is headed by the influential Muslim scholar Yusuf al-Qaradawi, who has also been named by the Saudis for links to terrorism.
IUMS members include Saudi cleric Salman al-Awdah, who was arrested by Saudi authorities in September, Tunisian moderate Islamist leader Rached Ghannouchi, and Moroccan scholar Ahmed Raissouni.
The quartet again accused Qatar of aiding terrorism, saying the individuals had “carried out various terrorist operations in which they have received direct Qatari support at various levels, including providing them with passports and assigning them to Qatari institutions with a charitable appearance to facilitate their movement”.
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, UAE and Bahrain severed ties with Doha on June 4, accusing it of supporting terrorism, in what is a move to punish the oil rich sheikhdom for its friendly approach to Iran, Riyadh’s arch-enemy in the Middle East
Hadi this week lashed out at Sunni-Shia sectarianism, saying he would choose Qatar, Turkey and Iran over other Arab powers in the Middle East.
“I return to the Quran although the ruler who is the servant of the Two Holy Cities has forged intimate ties with Israel and the United States, because my faith is not with the Kaabah but with Allah,” Hadi said in an article published by PAS mouthpiece Harakahdaily on Tuesday, referring to Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Abdul Aziz.
Hadi had in the past attracted criticism by some quarters for attending a conference in Iran. Qaradawi, then a critic of Iran, had distanced his organisation from the visit.
IUMS comprises of tens of thousands of Muslim scholars worldwide, and has worked towards reconciliation between Shia and Sunni Muslims.
Shia Muslims are frequently attacked by Saudi ulama, who follow a strand of conservative Islam promoted by 18th-century scholar Muhammad Abdul Wahhab.
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Hadi’s absence in Muhyiddin’s team to UAE, Saudi raises questions
Khalid Samad says government must clarify if his membership in an international Islamic group was the reason.
K. Parkaran - 19 Mar 2021, 7:30am
PETALING JAYA: The conspicuous absence of the prime minister’s special envoy to the Middle East, Abdul Hadi Awang during his official visit to the UAE and Saudi Arabia recently has raised some questions.
Some are wondering how such a key official for the region with a ministerial status was left out of the entourage when he should have been at the forefront of Muhyiddin Yassin’s week-long visit.
Amanah communications director, Khalid Samad said social media has been abuzz on this matter with various theories being bandied about which was not healthy for Malaysia’s relationship with the countries in the region.
He said one of the speculations is that the UAE declined to give him a visa on the grounds that he is a member of an Islamic organisation which is still listed as a terrorist outfit by some countries in the region.
“It is not fair to make wild accusations but the government should not ignore the questions raised either. It is important for the Prime Minister’s Office to clarify this and put a stop to the unhealthy debate in social media.
“If indeed a visa has been denied on this ground, the government must come clean and tell Malaysians the truth,” he told FMT.
The Shah Alam MP said that if Hadi is not allowed to enter certain countries there, then it defeats the whole purpose of appointing him as the special envoy for the region.
It has been reported that Hadi was the vice-president of the Qatar-based International Union of Muslim Scholars, which had been declared a terror group by the Anti-Terror Quarter of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.
The reports described the entity as an organisation working to promote terrorism through the exploitation of Islamic discourse and its use as a cover to facilitate various terrorist activities.
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