'Those thinking hudud unimportant are confused'

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Party members who felt the issue of hudud need not be discussed in light of political cooperation were “confused” and have failed to grasp the party teachings, said PAS’ Ulama wing chief.

Party members who felt the issue of hudud need not be discussed in light of political cooperation within Pakatan Rakyat were “confused” and have failed to grasp the party teachings, said PAS’ Ulama wing chief.

NONE “On the issue of hudud, there are confused members who feel (hudud) need not be discussed in the era of political cooperation ( tahaluf siayasi ), following all sorts of views and ideas from outside the party,” said ulama chief Harun Taib.

“This all represents confused thinking, because of a failure to follow PAS’ teachings. Our struggle to uphold hudud represents an Islamic agenda that surely is PAS’ agenda,” he said in his policy speech at the wing's muktamar in Kota Bharu today.

Harun's deputy Mahfodz Mohamed read out the speech on his behalf as the former was feeling unwell.

The comment was likely referring to members who have put hudud on the backburner in pursuit of cooperation with other Pakatan Rakyat components.

“We struggle to make hudud part of the laws based on the forces of democracy that we possess,” he said.

“Once it becomes part of the country’s laws, its implementation would be carried out by a judicial body to determine the level of implementation.”

Harun added that the PAS ulama have searched for the path to politics in Islam by referring to the Quran and the hadith, and that the texts allow for political cooperation, with its guidelines, with other parties with the aim of winning the elections.

He therefore encouraged PAS members to support and vote for Pakatan’s non-Muslim candidates in the coming election.

However, he reminded that the guidelines should be adhered to and that the ulama needed to advise the party when these guidelines and broken.

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