Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has lied yet again to the people, said
blogger RBF online (www.rbfonline.net) over Anwar’s action sitting on
the same stage with controversial writer of “The Satanic Verses” Salman
Rushdie when speaking at an international conference in India recently.
He says that many of his supporters are proud of him when he wrote in
his Twitter that he and wife, Datin Seri Wan Azizah Ismail would not
attend the conference “India Today Conclave 2012 (ITC 2012) in New
Delhi, India on March 16 and 17. This was to protest the presence of
Salman at the forum and his supporters believe that their leader has a
strong stance against a person who insulted Prophet Muhammad SAW.
The action came in good time when Anwar is embroiled in a controversy
about his support for the security of Israel and the stance was seen as
a manifestation that he was always upright in the face of aggression
against Islam.
However, the fact is Anwar lied again when he attended the conference
and presented talk at the forum with the blogger putting his pictures
in his blogs as proof which were taken from the official website of the
forum.
“Anwar was not present? Anwar protests against the presence of Salman
Rushdie? The whole Malaysians were cheated by Anwar beb..whose picture
is this and where is this from? ...cheated by Anwar again beb. Where
can Wan Azizah hide herself? Wan Azizah still want to protect her
husband as the gift of God?” says the blogger with sarcasm.
Blogger MyKMU (www.mykmu.net) criticizes Harakah Daily by trying to
equate Anwar with the firm stance taken by renowned cricket player from
Pakistan, Imran Khan who boycotted the ITC 2012 for the presence of
Salman.
The fact is, the two opposition leaders of their respective countries
are far apart from each other with Anwar still attended the ITC 2012
despite the organizer confirm in its tentative programme of Salman’s
presence. Imran, who is heading the opposition Tehreek-e-Insaf, totally
boycotted the event.
“It is not difficult to assume that Pas is actually under pressure
with the direct involvement of Anwar along with Salman Satanic in the
ITC 2012. Since the general election is just around the corner, Pas has
no choice but to spin the story with the hope that its grassroots
support are still comfortable with their limited thinking.
Blogger Badut Rakyat (www.badutrakyat.blogspot.com) links Anwar’s
willingness to be at the forum and his vocal protest for the
repatriation of a Saudi Arabian citizen Najeeb Kashgari, who was
detained at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport for insulting the
Prophet is not a coincidence.
“In Najeeb and Salman’s issue – both are almost alike in their
thinking – a bit liberal and critical on the Prophet. By supporting
them, Anwar and PKR appear to be indifference towards any action
insulting the Prophet” he says.
He says that Anwar find it comfortable sitting on the same stage with
Salman at the forum that promote liberalism while other PKR leaders are
orienting on protecting Najeeb than his action in insulting prophet
Muhammad SAW.
“The meeting point of Salman, Kashgari, Anwar and other PKR leaders
are their spirit of liberalism. Their pattern of thinking is free and
liberal. Their approaches are the same. In other words, they are
like-minded,” he says.
Blog House PK (parpukari.blogspot.com) on another issue condemns Pas
which support Israeli leaders who supported Salman Rushdie as a great
writer, whereas Pas berated Dr Mahathir as infidel when he only touched
on the issue of the Prophet’s beard.
“Why are Pas leaders who have been angered by Dr Mahathir when he
commented on the beard of Rasulullah, been quiet? In actual fact what
Dr Mahathir has said was not in the context spin by Pas.
“Here we have Anwar speaking openly. In Malaysia, Anwar talk
differently, in Indonesia, he said something else. As Nalla (Datuk S.
Nallakaruppan), Anwar can change faces,” he says.
Following is what Anwar had said while speaking in Indonesia on Salman Rushdie as published by House PK:
“Midnight’s Children is an extreme insult to the religion of Islam.
But that is just a creative work of writing. Salman Rushdie is a good
story-teller.
“When Imam Khomeini then passed a death sentence against him, I find
it hard to agree…I have a major difference…in fact even in Malaysia…go
against the group which turn Islam into a curbing factor…”
Meanwhile, Hambali Abdd Latiff (hambali1.blogspot.com) criticized PKR
Vice-President, N. Surendran for insulting journalists covering the
media conference of Nallakaruppan on the allegation that Anwar is
bisexual. - Utusan