PAS Youth chief Nasrudin Hassan Tantawi today advised party members to respect and abide by the party system and practices to maintain the good name of the party.

"A system has been made, so members have to follow whatever conditions set by the party," he told a news conference at the party headquarters in Kuala Lumpur today.

pas umno pemuda talks parliment 010709 nasrudin hassan Nasrudin was commenting on a statement by PAS secretary-general Mustafa Ali yesterday that the party did not practice the bai'ah that involved divorcing the wife 'talak tiga' (on three counts) for breaching the loyalty pledge as revealed by Shah Alam parliamentarian Khalid Samad.

Nasaruddin opined that the bai'ah issue was raised by certain people who wanted to discredit PAS as a party which champion Islam and also to portray PAS as a party which discriminated women.

"There are claims saying PAS does not treat women fairly, but we have proven to them that there are women leaders in PAS. There are also those who have been appointed as senators," he added.

However, Malaysiakini today reported that Selangor PAS chief Hasan Ali has apparently confirmed the existence of such a policy during a meeting with bloggers.

- Bernama