Nik Aziz brands Umno as communists

KOTA BARU: PAS spiritual leader Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, who has branded Umno as an apostate and infidel party, is now branding the party as communists.

In his latest posting in his Tok Guru blog (www.blogtokguru.com), he said that Umno should be labelled as communists because it had rejected Islam although the party had built mosques.

The posting was published on Wednesday after he delivered his speech at the Pakatan Rakyat convention which was held recently in Shah Alam.

The Kelantan Menteri Besar claimed that Umno’s version of Islam was that the religion was unsuitable for Malaysia because the country had a multi-racial population.

“If that is so, what is the difference between Islam and the communists? The communists also built mosques, just like Umno, which is famous for building mosques. Hence, there is no difference between Umno and the communists,” he added.

“If we were to go to Singapore, Thailand, London or America, Islam is also unsuitable for these countries because of their multi-ethnic population.

“This is what Umno wants if we were to subscribe to the party’s Islamic ideology,” he added.

Nik Aziz said the Chinese members and supporters from DAP had accepted Islam because they wore shirts with PAS logos on them.

“It means that Islam has been accepted not only in the peninsula, but also in Sabah and Sarawak,” he added.

Last week, Nik Aziz caused an uproar when he reportedly said the 1Ma­­­lay­­sia People’s Aid (BR1M) handout was like feeding padi and coconut husk to poultry and livestock and only meant to bring the farm animals closer to those who gave them the fodder.

He later back-pedalled and tried to do damage control by reasoning that he made the analogy about BR1M recipients because Umno was responsible for the culture of giving cash to the people as a political bait and, therefore, treating them like animals.

In an immediate reaction, Kelantan Umno information chief Datuk Dali Hussin said Nik Aziz and PAS were now desperate because Umno had become a serious threat to them.

“It is also unbecoming for an ulama like him to liken Umno to the communists after he hurt all Malaysians with his BR1M remark.

“His comments are getting ridiculous by the day in his desperate bid to gain political support.

“This time, he has gone overboard by saying such things against Umno members, many of whom had fought the communist terrorists,” Dali said.