The nation was in a grip of shocked over the Memali Incident where dozens of policeman and PAS followers died in a shoot-out.
[1] Zainon came back to Malaysia and voluntarily carries the burden to protect and take care of PAS members who were widowed after the incident.
Sadden by the act of his comrades, Zainon Ismail wrote a book about the struggles of the widows and orphans of the Memali Incident.
Afghani as his pen name and wrote the truth about PAS and exposes how the Islamic-based party swindled all the donation funds.
[4] Haji Abdul Hadi Awang stated that the Tears of Memali book should not be read as it is haram.
Afghani stated that many of the widows and orphans came up to the point of starving to death, even though millions of ringgit were collected by the PAS central committee using the name and status of the Memali incident victims.
Abdul Hadi once stated in his ceramah and dictum that those who supports and joins UMNO are considered as an infidel.