PAS must reject all of Umno's advances as such an alliance has only weakened the Islamic party in the past, deputy president Mohamad Sabu said.

NONE Instead, PAS must continue to work with Pakatan Rakyat which Mohamad said was now under heavy attack from critics including Umno-owned daily Utusan Malaysia that  indicated that BN knows that it was a "government-in-waiting."

"Don't be seduced by the Umno smile...it's poisonous and venomous," Mohamad Sabu ( right ) warned a gathering of PAS Youth members.

"When they are strong, they bully us with no mercy. But when they are weak, they wink and try to extend a hand to us," Mohamad said, adding that PAS won't be fooled again.

He cited the last time PAS went to Umno's side after the May 13, 1969 racial riots, when Umno was at its weakest.

However, nine years later, it was rejected by Umno and ended up losing the Kelantan government.

Mohamad, or Mat Sabu as he is more popularly known, was speaking at the 54th PAS Youth Congress at the Petaling Jaya City Council building in Petaling Jaya.

Mat Sabu said that PAS was aware it can't rule Malaysia alone given the demographic reality, whereby Muslims - Malays and Bumiputera - made up only as much as 60 percent of the population.

Therefore, he said they always needed alliances to forward their political aim.

"What I am stressing here is that our biggest victory comes when there is a unity amongst the opposition, especially parties that are also backed by NGOs," Mat Sabu said.

'Islamic countries among the most corrupt'

He recounted the opposition victory in 2008, when together, Pakatan Rakyat parties denied BN a two-thirds majority in parliament for the second time ever. They also won over an unprecedented five states.

In his speech, he also painted a brighter future for “true” Islamic values to prevail under a Pakatan government, which he said will fight corruption and environmental issues.

This was something that many so-called Islamic countries, including Malaysia, has failed to do, he said.

"We have a wish for a return of Islamic civilization, where Muslims lead the world," Mohd Sabu said.

"But Islamic countries are among the most corrupt in the world. How can this happen? The (Quran) words are read but it is not followed."

He cited that non-Muslim countries such as Finland, Denmark and Sweden are most frequently seen as having the lowest corruption rate in global surveys whereas Islamic countries such as Pakistan, which had Syariah laws, have become "failed states."

NONE "Many Pakistanis have left the country because of high corruption rate," said Mat Sabu.

He also credited environmentalist group Greenpeace for daring to die for their cause and closer to home, lauded the Chinese in Malaysia for spearheading the fight against the Lynas plant in Kuantan.

He urged PAS members to pick up such causes if it wants Islam to take the lead in Malaysia and the world.