‘They are the real dajjal’ - Zahid
Zahid implied that the Pas president himself is ‘more of a dajjal than the dajjal.’
KUALA LUMPUR - Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has slammed the statement made by Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang, who likened the Malay party to the ‘dajjal’ (an evil figure in Islamic eschatology).
In a sarcastic response, Zahid implied that the Pas president himself is ‘more of a dajjal than the dajjal.’
“They are the real dajjal,” he told reporters during the 2024 Umno General Assembly at the World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur (WTC) on Saturday.
Earlier, in his ‘Minda Presiden’ (President’s Mind) column on Friday, Hadi claimed that Umno and Pakatan Harapan (PH) continued pursuing materialistic principles to establish and maintain its government.
Following this, Umno Malaysia Ulama Council criticised Hadi for using such harsh language, referring to his political opponents as ‘more of a dajjal than the dajjal.’
The council added that such political rhetoric would only reignite the sharp divisions between Pas and Umno supporters, echoing the conflicts of the early 1980s, fueled by speeches that undermined Islamic brotherhood for decades until reconciliation through Muafakat Nasional in 2019.
