PAS insisted yesterday that its president Dato’ Seri Tuan Guru Abdul Hadi Awang visited Iran to attend an annual congress on behalf of the Islamist party, following a rebuke from the International Union of Muslim Scholars itself.
Ustaz Datuk Dr Khairuddin Aman Razali, who had escorted Hadi to a similar trip last year, said the latter had spoken on how Syria became a victim of a proxy war among foreign powers.
“PAS stressed that what happened in Syria is a consequence of a proxy war that wish to tear apart the unity of the community, and the influence of foreign powers in a conflict zone,” the PAS Ulama wing information chief said in a statement.
Khairuddin said PAS also believed that Muslim terrorists are funded by foreign powers, while the conflicts in the Middle East are allegedly perpetrated for the benefits of foreign powers and the Zionist regime.
“Hadi’s presence in the congress was as a speaker to stress that principle and stand,” he added.
Khairuddin said the congress, now in its 30th reiteration, has been held since the 1980s, and Hadi had attended it for decades.
The Kuala Nerus MP also blamed the media and social media for skewing the perception against Hadi, causing others to slam the PAS president.
