PAS President, Datuk Seri Hadi Awang has upped the ante and declared that all Muslims must oppose the ratification of the International Convention of the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (Icerd).
Is he suggesting that only one per cent of the 1.9 billion Muslim in the world qualify to be called true Muslims as all Muslim countries including all the Muslim countries in the Middle East except for Malaysia and Brunei have ratified the International Convention of the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (Icerd)?
The countries which have ratified Icerd, some with reservations, include the following 36 countries:
| Countries | Population | Muslim Population | Muslim % of total Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 28 mil | 28 million | 100% |
| Mauritania | 4 mil | 4 mil | 100% |
| Maldives | 378,000 | 378,000 | 100% |
| Tunisia | 11.4 mil | 11.1 mil | 99.8% |
| Afghanitan | 34 mil | 34 million | 99.7% |
| Iran | 81.7 mil | 81.5 mil | 99.4% |
| Turkey | 81 mil | 80 mil | 99.0% |
| Iraq | 39 mil | 38.9 mil | 99.0% |
| Morocco | 34.7 mil | 34 mil | 99.0% |
| Algeria | 41 mil | 40 mil | 99.0% |
| Niger | 21.4 mil | 19.5 mil | 98.3% |
| Saudi Arabia | 34 mil | 32 mil | 97.1% |
| Sudan | 40 mil | 39 mil | 97.0% |
| Azerbaijan | 9.9 mil | 9.6 mil | 96.9% |
| Tajikistan | 8.9 mil | 7.6 mil | 96.7% |
| Uzbekistan | 32.6 mil | 26.5 mil | 96.5% |
| Pakistan | 201 mil | 198 mil | 96.4% |
| Libya | 6.5 mil | 6.3 mil | 96.0% |
| Senegal | 16 mil | 15 mil | 95.9% |
| Mali | 19 mil | 15.6 mil | 95.0% |
| Turkmenistan | 5.8 mil | 4.8 mil | 93.3% |
| Jordan | 10.2 mil | 9.9 mil | 93.8% |
| Bangladesh | 165 mil | 148 mil | 90.4% |
| Kazakhstan | 18.2 mil | 13 mil | 90.2% |
| Egypt | 97 mil | 87 mil | 90.0% |
| Kyrgyzstan | 6.3 mil | 4.9 mil | 88.8% |
| Indonesia | 265 mil | 227 mil | 87.2% |
| Oman | 4.6 mil | 2.4 mil | 85.9% |
| Qatar | 2.5 mil | 1.6 mil | 77.5% |
| UAB | 9.5 mil | 4.6 mil | 76.0% |
| Kuwait | 4.2 mil | 2.6 mil | 74.1% |
| Bahrain | 1.5 mil | 866,000 | 70.2% |
| Lebanon | 6.1 mil | 3.3 mil | 54.0% |
| Nigeria | 193 mil | 95 mil | 50.0% |
| India | 1,300 mil | 189 mil | 14.2% |
Malaysia and Brunei are among the 14 countries which have not ratified the Icerd. Malaysia has about 19 million Muslims and Brunei 350,000 Muslims.
Even China, which has about 50 million Muslims, have acceded to Icerd in 1981.
Is Hadi suggesting that 99% of Muslims in the world who are from countries who have ratified or acceded to Icerd are not genuine Muslims?
We wait for an explanation from Hadi.