Hadi Awang slams corruption, says non-Muslims ‘root’ of it

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Hadi’s “roots of corruption” claim contradicts having non-Muslims in PAS, says SIS

PAS president Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang continues to receive brickbats over his controversial labelling of non-Bumiputeras and non-Muslims as “roots of corruption”, with attention now being drawn to the Islamist party’s non-Muslim wing and election candidates.

Muslim women’s rights group Sisters in Islam (SIS) said the Marang MP’s call for the corruption “disease” to be eradicated holistically and branding of those involved as committing a “huge sin” was a positive call.

Nevertheless, blaming non-Muslims and non-Bumiputera as the main actors of corruption is “denigrating and appalling”, a spokesperson for the group told FocusM.

“His recent Facebook post is disconnected with PAS’ efforts to invite non-Muslims to become their members or supporters,” they added.

In 2018, PAS fielded non-Muslim candidates in the 14th General Election (GE14), such as the late R. Kumutha (Johor Jaya, Johor) and Satail Mojungkat (Kadamaian, Sabah). Satail was also the first non-Muslim to be fielded as a candidate by Sabah PAS.

On the other hand, back in 2020, PAS received around 200 membership forms from non-Muslims to join the non-Muslim supporters’ wing in Negeri Sembilan.

The PAS non-Muslim supporters’ wing has since defended Hadi over his remarks, saying that he told them he was blaming the rich and famous and not non-Muslims and non-Bumiputeras specifically.

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