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Media spun my words on 'Muslim-only cabinet', Hadi says

Speaking up for the first time after he was accused of calling for an Muslim-only cabinet, PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang said he was only trying to explain that Islam is more flexible than other ideologies – but that his words had been deliberately misinterpreted by the media.

“In truth, they are afraid of Islam’s influence in capturing not the country, but the hearts of people.

“To me, Malaysians can accept all kinds of ideologies imported from the West, whether liberal capitalism, socialism, or even taking up arms to fight for communism.

“They are willing. So why can’t they accept Islam as an alternative – Islam that had once ruled a country with more flexibility,” he said in a speech at PAS headquarters today, where he launched the PAS Pilihanku 2.0 membership recruitment drive...

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