Kuala Selangor MP Dzulkefly Ahmad opined that the prayer was done because the federal government had allegedly deprived Kelantanese of billions in oil royalty money.
KUALA LUMPUR: PAS MP Dzulkefly Ahmad today defended his party’s decision to hold a prayer for Umno’s destruction two weeks ago, claiming Umno had inflicted cruelty on the Kelantanese.
“Umno had robbed Kelantanese of oil royalty money to the tune of RM10 billion since the contract (Petronas agreement) was signed.
“The federal government failed to respect the sanctity of a contract which is unIslamic,” said Dzulkefly during the debate on the Islamic Financial Services Bill 2012 at Parliament.
Earlier, Pasir Salak MP Tajuddin Abdul Rahman accused PAS of being unIslamic for praying for Umno’s destruction.
“You’re talking about being Syariah compliant on everything. Do you think the prayer against Umno was Syariah compliant?” he asked.
That was when Dzulkefly stood up and defended the prayer, and said that the hadith had indicated that evil-doers should fear the prayer of the oppressed as it was powerful.
This started a heated argument between both lawmakers, with Tajuddin saying that a Muslim must pray for forgiveness and repentance for their enemies, no matter how bad they are.
But Dzulkefly rebutted his claims, saying there were exceptions to the rule.
Tajuddin then reminded Dzulkefly that Umno was not cruel as it was the party that brought progress and independence to the country.
“Who fought for Merdeka? It’s because of the independence we fought for that we have a democracy and a parliament today.
“And you can sit here in the Parliament to debate because we are free country. If not, you will be in some village right now,” said Tajuddin.
At this juncture, Kuala Kedah MP Ahmad Kassim stood up and told Tajuddin,” You deviated from the topic at hand. You should reserve your speech for PWTC ( Umno general assembly) not the Dewan Rakyat.”
Deputy speaker Ronald Kiandee concurred with Ahmad and instructed both MPs to stick to the topic at hand.
On Nov 16, PAS held a mammoth gathering in Kota Baru, Kelantan, to pray for Umno’s destruction.
The event was attended by nearly 50,000 members and supporters.
KUALA LUMPUR: PAS MP Dzulkefly Ahmad today defended his party’s decision to hold a prayer for Umno’s destruction two weeks ago, claiming Umno had inflicted cruelty on the Kelantanese.“Umno had robbed Kelantanese of oil royalty money to the tune of RM10 billion since the contract (Petronas agreement) was signed.
“The federal government failed to respect the sanctity of a contract which is unIslamic,” said Dzulkefly during the debate on the Islamic Financial Services Bill 2012 at Parliament.
Earlier, Pasir Salak MP Tajuddin Abdul Rahman accused PAS of being unIslamic for praying for Umno’s destruction.
“You’re talking about being Syariah compliant on everything. Do you think the prayer against Umno was Syariah compliant?” he asked.
That was when Dzulkefly stood up and defended the prayer, and said that the hadith had indicated that evil-doers should fear the prayer of the oppressed as it was powerful.
This started a heated argument between both lawmakers, with Tajuddin saying that a Muslim must pray for forgiveness and repentance for their enemies, no matter how bad they are.
But Dzulkefly rebutted his claims, saying there were exceptions to the rule.
Tajuddin then reminded Dzulkefly that Umno was not cruel as it was the party that brought progress and independence to the country.
“Who fought for Merdeka? It’s because of the independence we fought for that we have a democracy and a parliament today.
“And you can sit here in the Parliament to debate because we are free country. If not, you will be in some village right now,” said Tajuddin.
At this juncture, Kuala Kedah MP Ahmad Kassim stood up and told Tajuddin,” You deviated from the topic at hand. You should reserve your speech for PWTC ( Umno general assembly) not the Dewan Rakyat.”
Deputy speaker Ronald Kiandee concurred with Ahmad and instructed both MPs to stick to the topic at hand.
On Nov 16, PAS held a mammoth gathering in Kota Baru, Kelantan, to pray for Umno’s destruction.
The event was attended by nearly 50,000 members and supporters.
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