Mat Sabu denies he is a Syiah follower, threatens legal action against Zahid Hamidi

 

(The Star) – Mohamad Sabu and fellow PAS leaders have criticised Datuk Seri Zahid Hamidi for alleging that the former is a deviant Syiah follower.

Denying the allegation, the PAS deputy president, commonly known as Mat Sabu, threatened to take legal action against Zahid.

“I am not a Syiah follower,” said Mohamad before boarding a flight.

Kubang Rotan assemblyman Mohd Nasir Mustafa alleged Zahid was trying to show off his power in front of Umno delegates.

“I have known Bang Mat (Mohamed) for many years. I have not seen him practising deviant teachings,” said Mohd Nasir.

He said Zahid should focus on Ops Cantas and clamp down on real threats to the society instead of wasting time hunting harmless politicians.

Mohd Nasir said this in response to Zahid’s green light to the Malaysia Department of Islamic Development (Jakim) during his winding-up speech at the Umno General Assembly 2013 to take action against Mohamed, allegedly for being a Syiah follower.

Short of naming Mohamed, Zahid had called on Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom to take immediate action against the “No 2 PAS leader”.

PAS secretary-general Datuk Mustafa Ali described Zahid’s action as “extreme personal attack”.

Supporting Mohamed’s plan to take legal action against Zahid, Mustafa said the party had never received any reports implicating the former in any deviant teachings.

PAS information chief Datuk Mahfuz Omar accused Zahid of trying to pit Muslims against each other.