Hadi: PM's absence from D-8 summit shows Madani 'not genuine'

Summary

• PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang questions Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s absence from the D-8 Summit in Cairo, Egypt.

• Hadi claims this is in contrast with former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s attempts to strengthen the D-8 cooperation.

PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang today claimed that Anwar Ibrahim’s absence from the D-8 Summit in Cairo is evidence that the “Madani” concept championed by the prime minister and government is not genuine.

Hadi contrasted Anwar’s absence with former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad, whom he said had attempted to strengthen D-8, an economic group of developing nations, by organising a summit in Kuala Lumpur.

However, according to the PAS president, only four countries participated when Putrajaya hosted the Kuala Lumpur Summit from Dec 19 to 21, 2019.

“The absence of Malaysia’s current prime minister, who promotes the Madani slogan, shows that his struggle does not reflect the true Islamic Madani, which is associated with the city of Madinah as named by the Prophet Muhammad.

“Instead, his struggle depends on the secular Madani concept linked to institutions like the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and BlackRock,” said Hadi in a Facebook post.

Bloc of 1.28b people

D-8 refers to an economic cooperation group among developing nations, including Bangladesh, Egypt, Iran, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Turkey.

Founded in 1996, the D-8 coalition represents 1.27 billion people - or about 63 percent of the global Muslim population.

This year’s D-8 Summit was held in Cairo, Egypt.

Malaysia sent a delegation led by Higher Education Minister Zambry Abdul Kadir. During the conference, member countries expressed support for opening membership to other nations.

They unanimously endorsed Azerbaijan’s inclusion as the ninth member of the cooperation group. Indonesia was also announced as the host for the next D-8 Summit.

‘True independence not yet achieved’

Commenting further, Hadi claimed Anwar’s absence in Cairo proves that the country remains under the influence of external powers through “colonial representatives” and needs to achieve full independence.

“This situation shows that our struggle for independence is not yet complete, as we remain under the influence of colonial representatives, embodied by the Pakatan Harapan coalition, which still aligns itself with the White House and embraces BlackRock,” he claimed.

The former special envoy with ministerial rank also accused the current government of showing loyalty to Islam’s adversaries.

Hadi supported his argument by referring to what he alleged were anti-Islamic statements made by the DAP and their “Malay-faced allies” from parties such as PKR, Umno, and Amanah.

The parties, he claimed, defended the DAP and act as its spokespersons.

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