Netizens slam PAS man who claimed KL sinkhole is ‘divine retribution’

 

FMT:

Netizens slam PAS man

who claimed KL sinkhole

is ‘divine retribution’

FMT Reporters

-13 Sep 2024, 12:08 AM

Social media users hammer Sharif Azhari and ask whether the frequent floods in PAS-led Kelantan are also a form of divine retribution.

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Machang PAS Youth member Sharif Azhari speaking at the youth wing’s muktamar in Temerloh, Pahang, today.

PETALING JAYA: 

Netizens on Facebook and X have hit out at a PAS Youth delegate who labelled the fatal sinkhole on Jalan Masjid India, Kuala Lumpur, last month as divine retribution from God.

Sharif Azhari, a delegate at the PAS Youth muktamar, reportedly claimed that the sinkhole may have been linked to 

what the federal territories minister has done

 with land in the city centre.

Malaysiakini also quoted him as saying that one of divine retributions, according to the Quran, was 

sinking people into the earth

.

Social media users were quick to hammer the Machang PAS Youth member, asking whether the frequent floods in the PAS-led state of Kelantan were also a form of divine retribution.

(When) it affects them, they call it a test from God. When it affects others, they call it retribution,

 said @Saiful_Farisin on X.

Another X user, @mpoobalan, said: 

This is why you can’t win an argument or debate with religious people. Any which way is also God’s will.

Some also questioned whether the unresolved water supply issues in Kelantan was also divine retribution.

Other netizens meanwhile slammed the PAS man for politicising the sinkhole incident, which led to the disappearance of Indian national Vijayaletchumy, 48, whose remains have yet to be recovered in the sewerage system under the city.

Facebook user Azmi Yusuff lamented that politicians like Sharif wanted to politicise everything. Others urged the PAS man to apologise for his insensitive statement.