Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia (ISMA) expressed its cynicism over
a new movement launched by lawyer Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan and national
laureate Datuk A. Samad Said today, saying it challenges the rights of
Malaysian Muslims and Malays.
According to the Islamist group, the coalition called
Negaraku is just a new front for humanist, liberal and religious pluralist
movements in the country.
“You can put any name you want, we know who
you are and who you work for,” Isma president Abdullah Zaik Abd Rahman said in
a statement.
“Their agenda is still the same, their focus is to fight
against Islam as the religion of the federation, and the sovereign right of the
Malays in this Malay land.”
Ambiga and Samad, who were both previously co-chairman of
the electoral reform watchdog Bersih 2.0, launched Negaraku earlier today.
The two touted the group as a “people’s movement to reclaim
the country”.
It is chaired by Bersih steering committee member and
vice-president of Muslim group Ikram, Zaid Kamaruddin.
Negaraku is said to be endorsed by over 60 civil society
groups and NGOs.
