Their attempt to implement hudud is merely to gain political mileage, says Dr Mahathir.
KUALA LUMPUR: Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad said that PAS is attempting to implement hudud so they can win Malay votes and the current hudud issue is all about politics and has nothing to do with Islam.
“PAS is doing this to gain political mileage and if they go ahead with their plan to implement hudud law in Kelantan, the Muslims will call it ‘Islamic’ and support the party. During my time hudud was never an issue,” he said.
He added that maybe PAS thinks the current government needs support, because during his time, he held absolute power with a two-third majority.
Mahathir said that he had written a letter to the PAS spiritual adviser Nik Aziz Nik Mat with an explanation based on Islam.
He said the letter was not based on secular issues or anything else but was simply based on Islam.
“In hudud the stress in the Quran is based on ‘justice’. When you punish a person, punish with justice. When you judge a person, judge with justice.
“In Malaysia there cannot be justice if you only apply the hudud law to Muslims and the non-Muslims are exempted.
“You cut-off the hand of a Muslim and the non-Muslim gets two months jail is that what you call justice? If it is not justice, it is not Islamic.”
“Leave it up to the present government to decide on the hudud matter as they are in power,” he said.
Recently, Kelantan Menteri Besar Ahmad Yaakob announced his plans to implement hudud in the state after Minister in Prime Minister’s Department Jamil Khir Baharom and Kelantan Umno chief and Ketereh MP, Annuar Musa announced that they would support the move.
PAS information chief Mahfuz Omar had urged all parties to respect the democratic rights of the Islamic party to present the private member’s bill.
“PAS is doing this to gain political mileage and if they go ahead with their plan to implement hudud law in Kelantan, the Muslims will call it ‘Islamic’ and support the party. During my time hudud was never an issue,” he said.
He added that maybe PAS thinks the current government needs support, because during his time, he held absolute power with a two-third majority.
Mahathir said that he had written a letter to the PAS spiritual adviser Nik Aziz Nik Mat with an explanation based on Islam.
He said the letter was not based on secular issues or anything else but was simply based on Islam.
“In hudud the stress in the Quran is based on ‘justice’. When you punish a person, punish with justice. When you judge a person, judge with justice.
“In Malaysia there cannot be justice if you only apply the hudud law to Muslims and the non-Muslims are exempted.
“You cut-off the hand of a Muslim and the non-Muslim gets two months jail is that what you call justice? If it is not justice, it is not Islamic.”
“Leave it up to the present government to decide on the hudud matter as they are in power,” he said.
Recently, Kelantan Menteri Besar Ahmad Yaakob announced his plans to implement hudud in the state after Minister in Prime Minister’s Department Jamil Khir Baharom and Kelantan Umno chief and Ketereh MP, Annuar Musa announced that they would support the move.
PAS information chief Mahfuz Omar had urged all parties to respect the democratic rights of the Islamic party to present the private member’s bill.
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