KUALA LUMPUR, July 12 ― Gerakan Harapan Baru (GHB), the precursor for a new party by PAS’s progressive faction, has defended the right to push for hudud law in the country, but says it will not be its main priority for the time being as the main focus should be on rebuilding a “vibrant democracy”…
New Islamist party has higher purpose than hudud, says Mujahid
The new political party being mulled by a group of “purged” progressive PAS leaders will take the position that Islam is bigger than just the Islamic penal code or hudud. Former PAS central committee member Datuk Dr Mujahid Yusof Rawa said Islam instructed its believers to preserve the greater peace, instead of bulldozing laws. “This…
PAS Shura Council officially cuts ties with DAP
PAS’s powerful elder Muslim scholars council, the Shura, has declared that the Islamist party must end ties with DAP, more than a month after PAS adopted a resolution to cut relations with its former Pakatan Rakyat ally. The Shura Council ruled however that ties with PKR would continue in the spirit of tahaluf siasi (political…
The good, the bad and the ugly in politics
When Zairil Khir Johari decided to get active in politics in 2010, he surprised many people by choosing to join DAP, given that his late father, Mohamad Khir Johari, was a prominent Umno veteran. He explained then that he was prompted by a deep disappointment with Umno’s 50-year rule. He said he felt that Umno…
Malam ini saya berbuka puasa dengan rakan-rakan Progresif di PAS dan PKR lagi. Kali ini saya menjadi hos dan belanja mereka makan di Shah Alam Convention Centre (SACC). Malam ini rakan-rakan PAS yang hadir termasuk Dr Dzulkifli dan isterinya Azlin, YB Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud, Ahli Majlis Izham, YB Dr Hatta Ramli. Rakan PKR termasuk Dato Saifudin Nasution, YB Rafizi Ramli, YB Johari Abdul dan YB Sim Tze Tzin. DAP pula dihadiri oleh YB Lim Kit Siang dan setiausahanya Cik YC Foo, YB Anthony Loke, YB Liew Chin Tong dan saya. Walaupun Pakatan Rakyat telah henti kewujudannya berikutan dengan usul Muktamar PAS yang putus hubungan dengan DAP, tetapi persahabatan di antara rakan-rakan Progresif di PAS bersama dengan PKR dan kami di DAP tidak dijejaskan. Kami masih bincang isu politik bersama apabila kami bertemu. Pemimpin Progresif di PAS ini adalah pemimpin yang cerdik, berwawasan dan berintegriti. Mereka adalah harapan bagi bangsa dan negara.
The PAS annual muktamar last month sounded the death knell to former PAS president Datuk Fadzil Noor’s vision of the Islamist party, said his son Faiz Fadzil. He said PAS – once an inclusive party which managed to win the support and respect of Muslims and non-Muslims alike – was now beyond redemption and has…
Berbuka Puasa di SACC bersama rakan progresif PAS dan PKR
Malam ini saya berbuka puasa dengan rakan-rakan Progresif di PAS dan PKR lagi. Kali ini saya menjadi hos dan belanja mereka makan di Shah Alam Convention Centre (SACC). Malam ini rakan-rakan PAS yang hadir termasuk Dr Dzulkifli dan isterinya Azlin, YB Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud, Ahli Majlis Izham, YB Dr Hatta Ramli. Rakan PKR termasuk…
Cancel anti-graft conference, Malaysians already ashamed enough, says DAP
An international anti-corruption conference featuring Datuk Seri Najib Razak to be held in Putrajaya in September should be cancelled as Malaysia is under scrutiny over a debt-ridden state investment firm and allegations of embezzlement involving the prime minister, DAP said today. DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang said Malaysia could not be considered an example…
Wanita Progresif Pakatan 2.0
Malam ini saya menyertai majlis berbuka puasa bersama dengan pemimpin wanita progresif PAS dan pemimpin wanita PKR di Kelab Golf Negara Subang di Kelana Jaya. Mereka yang hadir termasuk YB Dr Maria, YB Dato Seri Wan Azizah, YB Fuziah Salleh, YB Elizabeth Wong, penyanyi Aishah Ariffin daripada PAS, bekas pemimpin muslimat PAS, Aiman Athirah, YB…