Islamic NGOs deny signing statement backing extension of emergency
Several Islamic NGOs have denied that they consented to have their names added to a purported list of 440 groups that support extending the state of emergency.
The list, which was compiled by NGO Ummah and published on PAS mouthpiece Harakah Daily yesterday, called for the emergency to be extended for another eight months after Aug 1.
Among those who denied their support for the statement were Aid4Palestine, the Palestinian Cultural Organization (PCOM), and Multiracial Reverted Muslims (MRM).
In a statement today, Aid4Palestine secretariat spokesperson Dr Suhazeli Abdullah (above) said the group was apolitical and regretted that their name was misused.
"We're a group without political leanings to collect donations to help Palestine.
"It is not our main purpose to support such political statements... We regret that Aid4Palestine's name was used irresponsibly and we ask Ummah to retract that list of NGOs," Suhazeli said.
Meanwhile, MRM president Firdaus Wong said he contacted several other groups who also denied signing on to the Ummah statement.
He said among them were the Islamic Propagation Society International and the Global Unity Network.
Separately, Harakah explained they only published Ummah's press statement without any editing.
They added that Ummah has rectified the statement.
The current state of emergency is slated to end on Aug 1.
The Conference of Rulers on Wednesday said it was their view that there was no need for the emergency to extend beyond that date.
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Emergency extension: Harakah, Ummah apologise for adding unsolicited NGOs to list
PAS mouthpiece Harakah Daily and NGO Ummah today issued an apology after they wrongly added the names of several organisations to a purported list of 440 groups that support extending the state of emergency.
In a statement, they claimed that it was a "confusion" and the names were mistakenly inserted unintentionally.
"Any NGOs which were mistakenly added to our list had been removed, and we apologise to the NGOs over our mistake, which happened unintentionally," Harakah Daily editorial and Ummah said in their statement.
Earlier today, it was reported that several Islamic NGOs have denied that they consented to have their names added to the list, which called for the emergency to be extended for another eight months after Aug 1.
Among those who denied their support for the statement were Aid4Palestine, the Palestinian Cultural Organisation (PCOM), and Multiracial Reverted Muslims (MRM).
Harakah had explained that they only published Ummah's press statement without any editing. They added that Ummah has rectified the statement.
The current state of emergency is slated to end on Aug 1.
The Conference of Rulers on Wednesday said it was their view that there was no need for the emergency to extend beyond that date.
The list, which was compiled by NGO Ummah and published on PAS mouthpiece Harakah Daily yesterday, called for the emergency to be extended for another eight months after Aug 1.
Among those who denied their support for the statement were Aid4Palestine, the Palestinian Cultural Organization (PCOM), and Multiracial Reverted Muslims (MRM).
In a statement today, Aid4Palestine secretariat spokesperson Dr Suhazeli Abdullah (above) said the group was apolitical and regretted that their name was misused.
"We're a group without political leanings to collect donations to help Palestine.
"It is not our main purpose to support such political statements... We regret that Aid4Palestine's name was used irresponsibly and we ask Ummah to retract that list of NGOs," Suhazeli said.
Meanwhile, MRM president Firdaus Wong said he contacted several other groups who also denied signing on to the Ummah statement.
He said among them were the Islamic Propagation Society International and the Global Unity Network.
Separately, Harakah explained they only published Ummah's press statement without any editing.
They added that Ummah has rectified the statement.
The current state of emergency is slated to end on Aug 1.
The Conference of Rulers on Wednesday said it was their view that there was no need for the emergency to extend beyond that date.
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Emergency extension: Harakah, Ummah apologise for adding unsolicited NGOs to list
PAS mouthpiece Harakah Daily and NGO Ummah today issued an apology after they wrongly added the names of several organisations to a purported list of 440 groups that support extending the state of emergency.
In a statement, they claimed that it was a "confusion" and the names were mistakenly inserted unintentionally.
"Any NGOs which were mistakenly added to our list had been removed, and we apologise to the NGOs over our mistake, which happened unintentionally," Harakah Daily editorial and Ummah said in their statement.
Earlier today, it was reported that several Islamic NGOs have denied that they consented to have their names added to the list, which called for the emergency to be extended for another eight months after Aug 1.
Among those who denied their support for the statement were Aid4Palestine, the Palestinian Cultural Organisation (PCOM), and Multiracial Reverted Muslims (MRM).
Harakah had explained that they only published Ummah's press statement without any editing. They added that Ummah has rectified the statement.
The current state of emergency is slated to end on Aug 1.
The Conference of Rulers on Wednesday said it was their view that there was no need for the emergency to extend beyond that date.
The fact is Aid4Palestine and the Palestinian Cultural Organization (PCOM) are normally closely aligned with PAS.
ReplyDeleteI would not be surprised if senior people in those organisations gave the original support .
They only refuted their support when they realised the optics of essentially defying the Agong and Conference of Rulers was going to be very damaging to their image.
islamist tongue vs islamist tongue
ReplyDeleteIf ever Malaysia jettisons its monarchy, I can bet it will be the Green extremist Zombies who will be the ones who carry it out.
ReplyDeleteBecause , ultimately the Green Religious supremacy overrides any monarchy.
Quite ironic, in that DAP is the one forever being used as the whipping boy as being "disrespectful towards the Malay Rulers"