PETALING JAYA: PAS has rejected an Arab news report citing connections between an alleged terror group with its president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang. Party deputy president Datuk Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man said it was a mere ploy to make Hadi “look like a terrorist” with his International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) declared as an organisation supporting terrorism. He said such allegations were baseless “just because Hadi is aligned with renowned Muslim scholar Dr Yusuf Al-Qardawi”. The Qatar-based IUMS was formed in 2004 and is headed by the influential Dr Yusuf, who has also been named by the Saudis for links to terrorism. Dewan Ulama chief Datuk Dr Mahfodz Mohamed said the Malaysian government had not listed IUMS as a terrorist organisation.

Source: The Star November 25, 2017 03:00 UTC