Former deputy prime minister of Malaysia, Anwar Ibrahim. AFP Photo/ Kamarul Akhir
Malaysia's Free Gaza campaign is pitched at both international and domestic audiences, writes Amrita Malhi. In June this year a group of identically dressed women, all wearing 'Free Gaza' headbands, set fire to an Israeli flag in Kota Bharu, capital of Malaysia's Kelantan state. They were members of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, or PAS ' a key component of Malaysia's opposition alliance, the People's Pact, which is led by prominent former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim. Their demonstration against the 'illegitimate Israeli regime' kicked off the fifty-first annual PAS Congress. On the same day, members of the PAS Youth Wing assembled to hear a speech by Munir Said from the political bureau of Hamas. As they arrived in the meeting hall, they trampled on images of Israeli and American flags painted on the foyer floor. Inside, Said told his audience that Muslims all over the world must unite to liberate Palestine from Zionist control.
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