KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 15 ― Despite threat of legal action by Datin Paduka Marina Mahathir, Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia (ISMA) today reportedly resumed distributing leaflets that allegedly linked her to local human rights coalition Comango.

In a report on its website, ISMA said its members had after Friday prayers today distributed 10,000 leaflets containing the group’s allegations about the Coalition of Malaysian NGOs in the Universal Periodic Review Process (Comango) at mosques across Johor.

The leaflets were reportedly given out in the state capital Johor Baru and other districts there such as Skudai, Pontian, Kota Tinggi and Batu Pahat.

“Today’s distribution is a continuation of the series of flyers distribution last week, bringing the total distributed to 80,000,” the report on ISMA’s website said today.

Last Friday, ISMA distributed 70,000 leaflets at mosques throughout the country after Friday prayers that slammed Comango for calling for the freedom to renounce Islam; the protection of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual (LGBT) rights; the removal of Malay privileges; the freedom to embrace Syiah teachings; and the right for Catholics to refer to God as “Allah”, among others.

The leaflets featured pictures of Marina and several others named by ISMA.

The Islamist activist group also named several non-governmental organisations including Sisters in Islam (SIS) as supporting Comango.

Last Sunday, Marina demanded ISMA retract its “defamatory” allegation linking her to the coalition it called “anti-Islam” or face legal action over the claim.

Marina, the eldest daughter of former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, described ISMA’s allegation that she was one of the masterminds behind Comango as “wholly untrue”.

“Although I am a Board member of Sisters in Islam, one of the NGOs in the coalition, I was not involved in any way in the Comango process.

“Therefore I view this allegation by ISMA as defamatory and demand that ISMA and its office bearers withdraw it immediately with a public clarification in all media, including social media, on my terms. Failure to do so will result in my taking legal action against them,” Marina wrote in a brief statement in reply to The Malay Mail Online’s query.

On Tuesday, ISMA insisted in a statement signed by its deputy president Aminuddin Yahaya that Marina was purportedly involved in Comango’s actions, criticising the prominent activist for threatening to sue them.

ISMA has been at the forefront of attempts to discredit Comango, which has also come under fire from other Muslim activists here who claim the group’s human rights recommendations to the United Nations ran counter to the “true” teachings of Islam and the sovereignty of the Federal Constitution.

ISMA, which has since signed on with a coalition of Muslim NGOs called MuslimUPRo, also accused Comango of attempting to spread “liberalism teachings” backed by Western powers.

Comango countered that their report was merely an effort to encourage Malaysia to prove its commitment towards improving the lot of all Malaysians via the Universal Periodic Review (UPR).