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KUALA LUMPUR: A PAS MP called the United States “terrorists” while debating the 2021 budget allocations for the Foreign Ministry at committee level at the Dewan Rakyat today.
Nik Muhammad Zawawi Salleh (PAS-Pasir Puteh) had urged the government to act tougher with the United States and not give in to international issues such as the persecution of the Rohingya in Myanmar and the Kashmir conflict in India.
“Some accuse the Palestinians of being terrorists without mentioning the Jews who demolish and steal the possessions of the Palestinians.
“Actually, they are the terrorists. Sometimes these great powers like the United States act like the kings of the world. Whatever they want to do, they will. If they want to attack Sudan, Libya and any other country, they can.
“This is why Malaysia’s position has to be firm. Some say that the Palestinians are terrorists but Israel is a terrorist country. The same is true of the United States and other countries. In reality, they are terrorists who threaten countries that are not aligned with them, ”he said.
He said Malaysia needed to rise as a leader among Muslim countries, emphasizing the importance of the nation’s role in the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
He also said that Turkey is an example of a nation that did not give in to pressure from major powers.
This prompted Sim Chee Keong (PH-Bukit Mertajam) to ask the government if it agreed with Nik Zawawi’s statements that the United States was terrorists.
However, Deputy Foreign Minister Kamarudin Jaffar said he did not need to comment on the matter.
“The ministry and I do not need to comment on anything the deputies say,” he said.
Nik Zawawi previously generated controversy for his comments in the Dewan Rakyat that the Bible was “distorted or altered.”
He later issued an apology and retracted his comments, saying he had no intention of hurting the feelings of Christians.
