Indera Mahkota MP Saifuddin Abdullah said the cleric supported an army general who overthrew a democratically elected president and justified the killing of thousands of the ousted leader’s supporters. (Bernama pic)KUALA LUMPUR: Former foreign minister Saifuddin Abdullah (PN-Indera Mahkota) today urged Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim not to appoint an Egyptian scholar to the government's new Islamic scholarship advisory council.
Saifuddin told the Dewan Rakyat that the cleric supported an army general who overthrew a democratically elected president in a Middle Eastern country, and justified the killing of thousands of the ousted leader’s supporters.
He did not name the scholar but was believed to be referring to Egypt’s former grand mufti Sheikh Ali Gomaa, whom Anwar had said would be involved in the "Malaysian pondok and turath advisory council".
