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In reality, there aren’t many ministries that PAS president Hadi is qualified to lead. The Religious Affairs Ministry unexpectedly went to Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri, a non politician but a Federal Territories mufti (religious scholar) who is popularly known for his moderate approaches and positive interfaith attitude. That was indeed a huge slap in the face of Hadi Awang.
Disappointed, the PAS supremo went into hiding for almost a month – sulking. To prevent the backdoor government from a sudden collapse during the current Coronavirus pandemic, the prime minister had reluctantly appointed him as Special Envoy to the Middle East to pacify his followers and to allow him to regain some dignity, even though it will be months before he can travel to the region.
The position as special envoy itself smells fishy. The scope of his coverage – Middle East – might sound very powerful to the simpleton Hadi, but it could also mean a generic term because the prime minister had no idea where to assign him. It was like giving him a powerful title, but in reality, a general office clerk responsible for unimportant administrative tasks.
Muhyiddin has been sending warlords whom he considers as threats to as far as possible. He sent Hishammuddin Hussein to take care of foreign affairs. And he appointed Khairy Jamaluddin as Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, clearly an irrelevant and useless ministry. And now he sends terrorist Hadi Awang to the Middle East to be grilled.
Yes, as far as Saudi Arabia and his buddies (United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt) are concerned, Hadi Awang is still regarded as a terrorist by virtue of him as one of the four vice-presidents of Qatar-based International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS), an organization which Saudi, the de-facto leader of the Middle East, has banned and categorised as a “terrorist organization”.
Therefore, in order to justify his new position as special envoy to the region, the PAS president had written a letter in Arabic to all Muslim leaders worldwide. So far, the Islamist party has neither denied the existence nor the authentication of the contents of the letter, lending credence that the letter signed by Hadi Awang himself was indeed genuine.
The letter was designed to scam Saudi – de-facto leader of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) – as well as to legitimize the backdoor government of Muhyiddin. In a nutshell, the letter tried to impress upon the leaders of the Middle East that Muhyiddin’s Perikatan Nasional government is more Islamic than the previous Mahathir’s Pakatan Harapan government.
In the letter, Hadi claimed that his Islamist party had met, discussed and chosen to cooperate with then-PM Mahathir Mohamad because the 94-year-old man was a bigger champion of Islam. In the same breath, Hadi rejected PM-in-waiting Anwar Ibrahim due to his questionable personal character as well as his dangerous political pragmatism.
How did Hadi conclude that Mahathir was a better defender of Islam than Anwar? Was it due to Mahathir’s harbouring of Indian Muslim hate preacher Zakir Naik? Or was it because Mahathir had generously gifted RM400 million to the PAS-ruled state of Kelantan, which brought cheer to PAS top leaders who then happily rewarded themselves with a fleet of 14 Mercedes Benz and RM50,000 bonus each?
During Mahathir’s 22 years iron-fist rule (from 1981 to 2003), and even during his retirement period, he had consistently warned his (former) party UMNO of the grave repercussions of supporting PAS’ agenda to implement hudud punishments in Kelantan. Heck, he had even warned that “Hudud Law” proposed by PAS was unjust and against Islamic principles.
Hence, either PAS has been a fake and unjust Islamist party or Mahathir was not such a pro-Islam leader – take your pick. Amusingly, neither Hadi nor Mahathir talked about introducing hudud law nationwide at all during the so-called meetings or discussions from May 2018 to March 2020, when the Pakatan Harapan government eventually collapsed due to Muhyiddin’s coup.
Mr. Hadi’s questioning of Anwar’s personal character is presumably linked to the latter’s sodomy conviction, leading to his jail sentence. But Anwar had officially been pardoned by former Agong (King), Sultan Muhammad V of Kelantan. Is Hadi trying to mock, belittle and insult the intelligence of the Malay Ruler and the Monarch Institution with his hateful letter to the Muslim leaders worldwide?
More importantly, the “munafiq” (hypocrite) Hadi conveniently hides the fact in the letter that the Muhyiddin’s backdoor government of which his party is part of has willingly worked with Azmin Ali, the traitor who did not only betray his own PKR party, but was also caught with his pants down engaging in “gay sex” at Four Points Sheraton Hotel in Sandakan, Sabah.
The extremist Hadi also wrote that Pakatan Harapan’s stunning victory in the May 2018 General Election had benefited or sided with the non-Muslims, obviously referring to multi-racial but Chinese-dominated DAP party. He falsely claimed that Mahathir had been used as a stepping stone to achieve power, largely due to Mahathir’s old age as well as treachery committed.
In truth, before the Pakatan Harapan government collapsed due to treachery committed by Muhyiddin Yassin and Azmin Ali, the coalition consisted of PKR, Amanah, Bersatu and DAP. Only DAP was dominated by Chinese or non-Muslim. How was the Pakatan Harapan different from the now-defunct Pakatan Rakyat, which comprised PKR, DAP and PAS
The simple fact that Muhyiddin Yassin refused to promote Hadi Awang as either the deputy prime minister or a religious affairs minister shows the deep distrust the prime minister has on the PAS president, whose Islamic extremism and radicalization would do more damage than good to the fragile backdoor Perikatan Nasional government.
In reality, there aren’t many ministries that PAS president Hadi is qualified to lead. The Religious Affairs Ministry unexpectedly went to Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri, a non politician but a Federal Territories mufti (religious scholar) who is popularly known for his moderate approaches and positive interfaith attitude. That was indeed a huge slap in the face of Hadi Awang.
Disappointed, the PAS supremo went into hiding for almost a month – sulking. To prevent the backdoor government from a sudden collapse during the current Coronavirus pandemic, the prime minister had reluctantly appointed him as Special Envoy to the Middle East to pacify his followers and to allow him to regain some dignity, even though it will be months before he can travel to the region.
The position as special envoy itself smells fishy. The scope of his coverage – Middle East – might sound very powerful to the simpleton Hadi, but it could also mean a generic term because the prime minister had no idea where to assign him. It was like giving him a powerful title, but in reality, a general office clerk responsible for unimportant administrative tasks.
Muhyiddin has been sending warlords whom he considers as threats to as far as possible. He sent Hishammuddin Hussein to take care of foreign affairs. And he appointed Khairy Jamaluddin as Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, clearly an irrelevant and useless ministry. And now he sends terrorist Hadi Awang to the Middle East to be grilled.
Yes, as far as Saudi Arabia and his buddies (United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt) are concerned, Hadi Awang is still regarded as a terrorist by virtue of him as one of the four vice-presidents of Qatar-based International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS), an organization which Saudi, the de-facto leader of the Middle East, has banned and categorised as a “terrorist organization”.
Therefore, in order to justify his new position as special envoy to the region, the PAS president had written a letter in Arabic to all Muslim leaders worldwide. So far, the Islamist party has neither denied the existence nor the authentication of the contents of the letter, lending credence that the letter signed by Hadi Awang himself was indeed genuine.
The letter was designed to scam Saudi – de-facto leader of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) – as well as to legitimize the backdoor government of Muhyiddin. In a nutshell, the letter tried to impress upon the leaders of the Middle East that Muhyiddin’s Perikatan Nasional government is more Islamic than the previous Mahathir’s Pakatan Harapan government.
In the letter, Hadi claimed that his Islamist party had met, discussed and chosen to cooperate with then-PM Mahathir Mohamad because the 94-year-old man was a bigger champion of Islam. In the same breath, Hadi rejected PM-in-waiting Anwar Ibrahim due to his questionable personal character as well as his dangerous political pragmatism.
How did Hadi conclude that Mahathir was a better defender of Islam than Anwar? Was it due to Mahathir’s harbouring of Indian Muslim hate preacher Zakir Naik? Or was it because Mahathir had generously gifted RM400 million to the PAS-ruled state of Kelantan, which brought cheer to PAS top leaders who then happily rewarded themselves with a fleet of 14 Mercedes Benz and RM50,000 bonus each?
During Mahathir’s 22 years iron-fist rule (from 1981 to 2003), and even during his retirement period, he had consistently warned his (former) party UMNO of the grave repercussions of supporting PAS’ agenda to implement hudud punishments in Kelantan. Heck, he had even warned that “Hudud Law” proposed by PAS was unjust and against Islamic principles.
Hence, either PAS has been a fake and unjust Islamist party or Mahathir was not such a pro-Islam leader – take your pick. Amusingly, neither Hadi nor Mahathir talked about introducing hudud law nationwide at all during the so-called meetings or discussions from May 2018 to March 2020, when the Pakatan Harapan government eventually collapsed due to Muhyiddin’s coup.
Mr. Hadi’s questioning of Anwar’s personal character is presumably linked to the latter’s sodomy conviction, leading to his jail sentence. But Anwar had officially been pardoned by former Agong (King), Sultan Muhammad V of Kelantan. Is Hadi trying to mock, belittle and insult the intelligence of the Malay Ruler and the Monarch Institution with his hateful letter to the Muslim leaders worldwide?
More importantly, the “munafiq” (hypocrite) Hadi conveniently hides the fact in the letter that the Muhyiddin’s backdoor government of which his party is part of has willingly worked with Azmin Ali, the traitor who did not only betray his own PKR party, but was also caught with his pants down engaging in “gay sex” at Four Points Sheraton Hotel in Sandakan, Sabah.
The extremist Hadi also wrote that Pakatan Harapan’s stunning victory in the May 2018 General Election had benefited or sided with the non-Muslims, obviously referring to multi-racial but Chinese-dominated DAP party. He falsely claimed that Mahathir had been used as a stepping stone to achieve power, largely due to Mahathir’s old age as well as treachery committed.
In truth, before the Pakatan Harapan government collapsed due to treachery committed by Muhyiddin Yassin and Azmin Ali, the coalition consisted of PKR, Amanah, Bersatu and DAP. Only DAP was dominated by Chinese or non-Muslim. How was the Pakatan Harapan different from the now-defunct Pakatan Rakyat, which comprised PKR, DAP and PAS?
Yes, the same Hadi Awang was previously part of the opposition Pakatan Rakyat coalition who had tried – and failed – to topple the previous Barisan Nasional government in the 2008 and 2013 General Elections. Had the Pakatan Rakyat succeeded in unseating Barisan Nasional, would not DAP be part of a new government too? Would Hadi still spew racial and religious hatred?
According to Hadi’s twisted logic, the Pakatan Harapan (PKR, Amanah, Bersatu and DAP) had diluted the power and influence of Muslims, but the Pakatan Rakyat (PKR, PAS and DAP) would not dilute the power and influence of Muslims. In other words, as long as PAS is part of the government, even if DAP tagged along, the Muslims will be fine and will not lose power.
If indeed it was true that the old and senile Mahathir had been used, then it’s also true that the non-Muslim DAP had committed treachery in sponsoring the KL Summit 2019, the platform which Hadi used to express his strong support and opened his toxic mouth, slamming Saudi for its failure to protect Muslims worldwide in its capacity as leader of OIC.
Without fail, the letter composed by Hadi condemned Amanah, the splinter party of PAS, as secular liberals whose support was derived from Western countries for strategies, media and finances. He profusely defended the formation of backdoor government Perikatan Nasional as being democratic and constitutional. Is that true?
Sure, Muhyiddin’s government might be constitutional, but it was definitely not formed through the ballot box, hence it’s known as a backdoor government created through a coup and treachery – not democratically. Otherwise, how does Hadi explain that with the exception of Singapore and Indonesia, not a single foreign country has endorsed or recognised the new regime?
Embarrassingly, not a single Arab country in the Middle East has sent a congratulatory note to newly crowned Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin. Thus, it begs the same question – will Special Envoy Hadi Awang be recognised by the Middle East governments? Does Hadi really think the Middle East gives a damn whether Perikatan Nasional is constitutional and democratic?
Saudi and its friends are more concerned about Hadi’s credential as a terrorist who had openly admitted that he would choose Qatar, Turkey and Iran over other Arab powers in the Middle East. Hadi Awang, like Anwar Ibrahim, is a strong supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist organization that gave birth to “Arab Spring”. Threatened, Saudi government then declared Brotherhood as a terrorist organization.
To make matters worse, the snatching of power – a coup – demonstrated by Muhyiddin Yassin (Bersatu), Zahid Hamidi (UMNO) and Hadi Awang (PAS) in the infamous “Sheraton move” has not gone down well with the Arab world. The coup is seen as a threat to the Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and other Gulf states that practises authoritarian rule.
It was quite funny that Hadi has proudly – but foolishly – aligned himself with Mahathir Mohamad in his half-baked letter. Did he realise that under Mahathir administration, Malaysia had pulled out its troops from Saudi Arabia, which was deployed to the kingdom in 2015 by scandal-plagued PM Najib Razak – illegally – without approval from the Cabinet, let alone Parliament?
Mahathir had also condemned the brutal assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, describing it as an act of “extreme cruelty” and unacceptable. The CIA has concluded that the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had given the order for the killing, where the Saudi Arabian dissident was butchered and his body was dismembered and disposed of.
Hadi Awang, whose favourite pastime is playing religious bigotry and racial extremism thought he was smart when he wrote that Muhyiddin government had defeated opposing movement who had help from Western Ambassadors and Freemason and Zionist advisors. He was trying to fan the flames of racial hatred against the Americans and Israeli.
Jared Kushner, an observant Jew and a top adviser to his father-in-law, President Donald Trump, is close friends with the Saudi Crown Prince. Trump is throwing its weight behind Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. Egypt and Jordan already host Israeli embassies and maintain open security and political ties. Even Saudi Crown Prince had secretly paid a visit to Israel.
In August 2018, the UAE paid the secretive Israeli NSO Group to spy on dissidents. Two months later, Netanyahu visited Oman. The Warsaw Summit saw smiles and handshakes exchanged between foreign ministers of the UAE, Bahrain and other Arab states with Netanyahu. Even Qatar has working arrangements with Israel for years already.
Images of the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, smiling and joking with Arab leaders at the international conference on the Middle East were possible because the Arab world and Israel has a common enemy – Iran. Yes, while the relationship between the Gulf states and Israel is increasingly getting closer, the dumb Hadi Awang tried to badmouth the Israel in front of the Arabs.
The best part was Hadi Awang, a supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood and Iranian regime, didn’t realise that the Sunni Arabs in the Middle East hate Iran more than Israel or America. The reason Hadi wrote a lengthy letter to the Muslim world is to trick them into believing that Muhyiddin did not launch a coup or revolution hence the backdoor government deserves recognition from the Middle East.
Like it or not, the letter to mislead the Muslim world will not only backfire but would most probably be laughed at. Perhaps Hadi Awang, with his “IQ of a carrot”, is still clueless as to the damage he has inflicted with his letter. The letter begging the Middle East to believe that Muhyiddin government is legitimate is itself an admission that the backdoor government is illegitimate.