It is wrong to say the PAS Syura Council's decision regarding the ‘Allah’ issue is well received by non-Muslims including the DAP leadership, said DAP national chairman Karpal Singh.

    

Karpal Singh told a press conference in Georgetown today that he was disappointed with PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang's statement to this effect.

nik aziz penang karpal birthday 270113 He said this in commenting on a news report quoting Hadi as saying the prohibition on non-Muslims from using the ‘Allah’ word in their holy books was settled and that the DAP's top leadership had also accepted the explanation on the matter given by PAS spiritual leader and Kelantan Menteri Besar Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat during a brief meeting with him (Karpal Singh) in Penang last Monday.

He stressed that nothing was discussed regarding the ‘Allah’ issue when he met with Nik Aziz at an informal meeting last Monday.

He said the Syura Council should not stick firmly to its stand as it conflicted with the stand taken by Pakatan Rakyat which is made up of the DAP, PAS and PKR.

Karpal Singh added that the DAP was not meddling in the internal affairs of PAS but instead was upholding a stand which had already been taken by Pakatan the after DAP advisor Lim Kit Siang, Hadi and opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, who is also the de facto leader of PKR, had agreed that the word ‘Allah’ can be used by non-Muslims.

- Bernama