Organisation, of which Hadi Awang is VP, declared ‘terrorist’ body
KUALA LUMPUR: An international Muslim organisation, of which PAS president Hadi Awang is vice-president, has been declared a “terrorist” organisation by the Anti-Terror Quartet.
According to a report in Arab News, the quartet has included the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) on its list of organisations and individuals who disseminate or support terrorism .
The quartet – which consists of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, UAE, and Bahrain – said the IUMS was “working to promote terrorism through the exploitation of Islamic discourse”.
The 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”. The 11 individuals were not identified by country.
The Qatar-based IUMS was formed in 2004 and is headed by the influential Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawi.
Most of those who formed the council are said to be members of the Muslim Brotherhood which led the Arab Spring protests in 2011 that toppled some autocrats in the Middle East and North Africa.
Most of those who formed the council are said to be members of the Muslim Brotherhood which led the Arab Spring protests in 2011 that toppled some autocrats in the Middle East and North Africa.
According to Reuters, the IUMS membership includes the Saudi cleric Salman al-Awdah, who was arrested by Saudi authorities in September, the Tunisian Rached Ghannouchi, head of the Ennahda party, and Moroccan scholar Ahmed Raissouni.
In a statement released through the Saudi Press Agency, the quartet said: “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.”
In a statement released through the Saudi Press Agency, the quartet said: “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 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, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain severed ties with Doha on June 4, accusing it of supporting terrorism. They say Qatar continues to sponsor and finance terrorism, promote extremism and disseminate hate speech.
Hadi this week lashed out at the Sunni-Shia sectarianism in the Middle East, saying he would choose Qatar, Turkey and Iran over other Arab powers in the region.
“I come back 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.
Recently, Hadi attended a conference in Iran and was slammed by his own IUMS.
In condemning Hadi’s visit, IUMS president Qaradawi, said: “We consider the visit as an informal one and that it does not represent the Union. The visit was done at the individual’s own accord. The Union is also waiting for an explanation from the learned [Hadi] about the visit that we strongly disagree upon.”
Following this, Hadi’s political secretary Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar was reported to have said that Hadi had attended the conference at the invitation of one Dr Abdurrahman Bayraan, said to be an Iranian representative of the IUMS.
Meanwhile, the quartet’s statement said: “The four countries reaffirm their commitment to strengthening all efforts to combat terrorism and to establish security and stability in the region, and stresses that they will not hesitate to pursue individuals and terrorist groups and will support all means in this regard at the regional and international levels.”
The quartet said they would continue to work with partners around the world to effectively reduce the activities of terrorist and extremist organisations.
The statement identified the individuals as Khaled Nazem Diab, Salem Jaber Omar Ali Sultan Fathallah Jaber, Moyasar Ali Musa Abdullah Jubouri, Mohammed Ali Saeed Atm, Hassan Ali Mohammed Juma Sultan, Mohammed Suleiman Haidar Mohammed Al-Haydar, Mohammed Jamal Ahmed Hishmat Abdul Hamid, Alsayed Mahmoud Ezzat Ibrahim Eissa, Yahya Alsayed Ibrahim Mohamed Moussa, Qadri Mohamed Fahmy Mahmoud Al-Sheikh and Alaa Ali Ali Mohammed Al-Samahi.
Now what are the police going to do about this? In the past one or some of their members were with the ISIS. One of them was killed in Syria and his body was brought back here and they gave him sort of a hero's burial here.
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