COMMENT Just now Pakatan Rakyat ought to be glad that the opposition coalition's propensity to feuds and follies has been overshadowed by Pasir Mas MP Ibrahim Ali's penchant for destructive saber-rattling.

The Perkasa chief's urging to Malays to burn Malay-language bibles which use the term ‘Allah' for God has drawn public odium, with consequent ill-effects to Umno-BN's prospects.

Pakatan leaders must be beside themselves with glee: in the final few weeks to a much-deferred general election, incendiary calls like Ibrahim's are just what could tilt fence-sitting voters into voting against parties seen to be in cahoots with the firebrand...