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Asri: Fatwa council had declared ‘Amanat Hadi’ as misguided
Mufti says contents of Amanat, if it was to be carried out, will be even more dangerous than beliefs of Islamic State (IS) followers now.
PETALING JAYA: The National Fatwa Council had done its job in declaring the “Amanat Hadi” as misguided (sesat), Perlis Mufti Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin said.
He believed the “Amanat Hadi” had played a role leading up to the bloody tragedy as well as causing disunity among Muslims in the country.
“The Amanat clearly declares the constitution of this country as unIslamic (kafir) and the people should go on a jihad against anyone who adhered to the constitution.
“The contents of the Amanat, if it was to be carried out, would be even more dangerous than the beliefs of the Islamic State (IS) followers now,” he said in a New Straits Times report today.
Asri’s comments followed a statement by PPBM chairman Dr Mahathir Mohamad yesterday that the country’s muftis should be taken to task over their silence on several critical issues, including the violent Memali clash of Nov 19, 1985 which saw 14 villagers and four police officers being killed in Baling, Kedah.
The former prime minister, who was in power during the incident, said if the muftis had stood up and intervened, the deadly tragedy could have been prevented.
“I want to ask the muftis who are advisers to our sultans: When PAS claimed that those who did not join PAS are kafir (infidels), why didn’t the muftis correct their (PAS’) remarks?
“Their silence made it seem as though they agreed with PAS’ view,” he said in his winding-up speech at the PPBM annual general meeting here yesterday.
In October, Mahathir, 92, had claimed that the “Amanat Hadi”, a speech delivered by current PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang in Kampung Banggol, Kuala Terengganu, on April 7, 1981, had contributed to the Memali incident.
NST also quoted Perak Mufti Harussani Zakaria as stating that as religious leaders, muftis preferred to stay away from politics.
“It’s been decades and it’s done. What can we say? We just have to accept it as a punishment from God.
“Besides, this is a political issue. We (muftis) do not want to get involved because we don’t want to be accused of taking sides.”
Hadi told Malaysiakini that the muftis kept silent and did nothing to avoid the Memali tragedy as they feared reprisals from Mahathir.
He claimed political interference in administrative affairs was rife during Mahathir’s tenure as prime minister.
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