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| Removing Doubts About Anwar’s Islamic Image Posted: 04 Mar 2012 06:44 PM PST
As I write this, Anwar Ibrahim was meeting two prominent and controversial figures in Islamic movements, Yusuf al-Qardawi and Khalid Mish’al in Doha, Qatar. Qardawi is an Islamic scholar and prominent figure in Islamic Brotherhood or Ikhwanul Muslimin, while Khalid Mish’al is the leader of Hamas, an organization that is labeled as ‘terrorist’ by USA and Israel. Prior to this meeting, Anwar met many Islamic leaders and scholars from various organizations, as well as world leaders, such as Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his cabinet members, Dr Ahmad Muhammad Ali, Islamic Development Bank Chief, Sheikh Abdul Qadir, a Saudi and Palestine supporter, Sheikh Kabbali, Imam of the Holy Mosque in Mecca, Ekmeleddin ?hsano?lu, Secretary General of the OIC, and many others. What do these meetings tell us? One, this can refute the Malaysian government’s accusation that Anwar is a friend and ally of Israel. Two, these meetings are telling Malaysian people that Anwar is still an Islamic leader committed to the Palestinian cause and other Islamic movements throughout the worlds. With the Arab Spring success in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen and also Islamic movements’ successes in Turkey, Morocco and Jordan, one can conclude that even though Anwar is a ‘liberal’ and leader of a party not considered as an Islamic party, to Muslims, Anwar can be relied on as their leader to reach their aspiration: a country governed with at least Islamic values and principles such as rule of law, justice, transparency and accountability. Malaysian people also should not be worried as these values are global values that all communities throughout the worlds are fighting for. They transcend races, ethnic background and gender. And for Malaysian Muslims who have doubts about Anwar, they should be reminded that this is the trend of the Islamic movements throughout the worlds nowadays – promotion of human rights and justice. They should not bogged down with the erroneous view that Islam is Malay and Malay is Islam. |
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