The PAS President, Hadi Awang has irresponsibly alleged that there is Islamophobia in the Malaysian media.
I want to ask Hadi whether he is prepared to prove his allegation by lodging a formal report to the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation (OIC) Islamophobia Observatory against Malaysiakini for promoting Islamophobia and to substantiate his allegation?
The DAP was the first victim of Hadi’s wild, irresponsible, and preposterous allegation that the DAP was promoting Islamophobia, all because the DAP had never suggested that Hadi Awang should become the Prime Minister of Malaysia.
I have been waiting for six months for Hadi to substantiate his wild, irresponsible, and preposterous allegation that the DAP had been promoting Islamophobia, but Hadi has failed to do.
Is Hadi going to do so in the forthcoming three-week Parliament, which begins tomorrow?
The DAP is not a new party. It marked its 57th anniversary recently and if the DAP had promoted Islamophobia, then Hadi should not have difficulty to substantiate it with the necessary evidence.
I want to see Malaysia to be a role model for the world for inter-ethnic, inter-religious, inter-cultural and inter-civilisation dialogue, understanding, tolerance, and harmony, and the last thing I want to see is fear, hatred or prejudice against any religion, including Islam.
Now, Hadi has upped the ante, widening his allegation of Islamophobia in Malaysia to the mass media.
This is the first time anybody has alleged that there is Islamophobia in Malaysia, not only in the political arena but also in the mass media.
Is Hadi prepared to lodge a formal report against Malaysiakini to the OIC Islamophobia Observatory and substantiate his serious allegation?
I for one do not want Islamophobia to infect the Malaysian mass media, but as former Special Adviser to the Middle East for two Prime Ministers, Hadi should not be hurling baseless allegations against any media.
I do not believe that making wild, irresponsible, and preposterous allegations which cannot be substantiated is something a respected Islamic leader will do.
The ball is in Hadi’s court.
(Media Statement by DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang in Petaling Jaya on Sunday, 20th May 2023)
