Emulate SIS Forum, drop 'Islam' from name, Puad tells PAS

Umno supreme council member Puad Zarkashi urged PAS to drop the word “Islam” from the party’s name after SIS Forum (Malaysia) earlier announced it was removing the word from its organisation’s name.

“Emulate SIS Forum. It won’t change your objectives. It’s just to avoid any confusion,” he said on Facebook today.

Earlier today, SIS Forum executive director Rozana Isa said it would drop the word “Islam” and just be called SIS Forum (Malaysia), the organisation’s registered name, after the Selangor ruler urged the NGO to do so.

“The decision was made following an extraordinary general meeting held on July 11.

“From now on, we will sign off as SIS Forum (Malaysia), the organisation’s registered name.

“We hope this puts an end to the long-standing contention over our name and allows us to go forward in good faith with all parties,” she added.

The group made the decision after Selangor ruler Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah said last month that the “misuse” of the word “Islam” in the name and publications of SIS Forum could cause confusion among the Muslim community.

Silence over slanders

In January this year, PKR MP Taufiq Johari questioned PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang and his deputy Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man’s silence over party members spreading slander.

He also asked why the PAS ulama wing has not chastened those who disseminate slander.

“If they truly adhere to the teachings of Islam, then why do they remain silent when slander becomes a culture in the party?” he asked

This came after Perak PAS chief Razman Zakaria falsely accused DAP leader Hannah Yeoh of being the YTL Corporation Berhad founder’s daughter. He later apologised after the minister called him out.

Despite the apology, Yeoh told the PAS leader to await legal action as “slander cannot be permitted and normalised, particularly by a man of religion.”

Another PAS lawmaker, Kepala Batas MP Siti Mastura Muhammad, was also embroiled in a lawsuit with DAP leaders after she made claims tying them to the late Malayan Communist Party leader Chin Peng, which she lost.

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