Malaysia's main opposition party, the Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) gave the Singapore Straits Times seven days to publicly apologize over an article allegedly linking the party with the Al-Qaeda terrorist network. Describing the article which appeared on Jan 4 as defamatory and libelous, party Secretary General Nasharudin Mat Isa said Pas' lawyers would file a suit against the writer, publisher and printer of the newspaper if they failed to apologize before the deadline. The article stated that Al-Qaeda has established political ties with PAS and military links with Kumpulan Mujahideen Malaysia. Nasharudin added that PAS, as an Islamic party, abhorred violence.
Well, taking them to court is better than bombing their offices. Very unusual for fundos. And we've seen how the fundos engage in non-violent fist shaking, gun-totin', and bombing campaigns. Oh, and let us not forget the Philippine fundos' cute habit of kidnaping people and cutting off their heads. |