It would be easier if PAS/PN banned non-Muslims from voting By Commander S THAYAPARAN (Retired) Royal Malaysian Navy

Malaysiakini : “Those who say they are fighting for religion and race but don’t align themselves with Muslims. They are so angry with the kafir harbi, yet finally align themselves with the kafir harbi.”

- Shahrir Long

COMMENT | Make no mistake, whenever any Malay uber alles political operative attacks the DAP, they are in reality attacking the non-Malay voting demographic.

They neither consider Malay politicians in DAP nor Malays who support the DAP as “genuine” Muslims. This also means anyone working with the DAP is not a genuine Muslim either. 

When Mujahid Yusof Rawa was Pakatan Harapan’s religious czar, he attempted some pushback on the terms kafir harbi and kafir zimmi as unrealistic within the context of constitutional citizenship.

Mujahid argued that the violent implications and servitude did not reflect the reality of tax-paying citizens. He, of course, received pushback from PAS - which argued that the terms were a reflection of how non-believers were defined by how they viewed the religion which in essence means how they viewed Islamic dogma.

In this instance, PAS was correct. When the party’s president, Abdul Hadi Awang, said non-Muslims must be “Pak Turut”, this is exactly in line with his religious dogma. If you can offer no counter-narrative, you do not get to claim that Hadi is wrong about his interpretation of Islam.

PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang

In a democratic state, people have the right to dissent. For instance, PAS and Perikatan Nasional use their right to dissent vigorously, often at the expense of other democratic norms.

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