<figure id="attachment_2949309" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2949309" style="width: 1600px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-2949309" src="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/b43264d7-akmal-saleh-fb-301224-1.webp" alt="akmal saleh" width="1600" height="1000" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-2949309" class="wp-caption-text">Dr Akmal Saleh said he has disagreed with Anwar Ibrahim before and will continue to call out wrongs. (Facebook pic)</figcaption></figure>
PETALING JAYA: Umno Youth chief Dr Akmal Saleh told critics of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim today that Islam does not condone praying for the destruction of another Muslim or resorting to insults during discourse.
Akmal was referring to the Qunut Nazilah prayer recited during Saturday&#8217;s Turun Anwar rally, and a now-deleted Facebook post by Pasir Mas MP Ahmad Fadhli Shaari featuring a cartoon appearing to mock Anwar’s role in mediating the Thailand-Cambodia conflict.
The cartoon had depicted a monkey as a judge, overseeing a fight between a goat and a sheep over bananas.
The two Southeast Asian neighbours agreed to an unconditional ceasefire at the end of peace talks in Malaysia yesterday, witnessed by Anwar as the Asean chair.
&#8220;Differences of opinion in politics are normal. Getting angry at political opponents is also normal,&#8221; Akmal said in a Facebook post.
&#8220;But Islam does not teach us to pray for the destruction of fellow Muslims or to insult others. We can disagree using facts, not with immature emotions.&#8221;
Akmal also insisted that he was not trying to curry favour with Anwar or be a sycophant, saying he, too, had disagreed with the PKR president on various issues.
&#8220;There are things I don’t agree with him on. But when something is wrong, we must call it out. When something is right, we must give due credit,&#8221; he said.
Bangi MP Syahredzan Johan and PKR Youth chief Kamil Munim meanwhile demanded that Fadhli apologise to the people of Cambodia and Thailand over the posting.
&#8220;If you can’t contribute positively, at the very least, don’t be a disruptive and negative voice,&#8221; Syahredzan said in a Facebook post.
Kamil meanwhile said Fadhli&#8217;s behaviour undermined national dignity, adding that Malaysia would not condone such &#8220;reckless and foolish actions that show no respect for other nations&#8221;.

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