‘No need to go to such extremes’: Azalina tells Hadi to drop ‘Dajjal’ label in CSA criticism

Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said expressed her concern over PAS president Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang's use of the term "Dajjal" in criticizing the confidence and supply agreement (CSA) between Bersatu MPs and the government. Azalina stated that there were many other words one could use to express disagreement, without resorting to such an extreme label.

She emphasized that the definition of the Dajjal, a figure appearing before the Day of Judgment, was not something she could determine, and she urged Hadi to reconsider his choice of words. The term Dajjal, in Islamic belief, signifies a great deceiver whose appearance is seen as a major sign of the Day of Judgment nearness. Meanwhile, Langkawi MP Suhaimi Abdullah condemned the comparison as harmful to national unity, as his children had asked him about the Dajjal.

Hadi, who likened the CSA to Dajjal-like behavior, claimed that power would no longer be a trust for the benefit of all, but instead, it would coerce others to maintain the government's power. The six Bersatu MPs who signed the CSA include Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, independent Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman, and Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.