Read about 2 news reports for the same issue lately. BUT, how come the feeling arised was so different after reading it? WHAT WENT WRONG?
Hadi issues warning
Hadi issues warning
by the STAR MALAYSIA
KOTA BARU: PAS will ban any entertainment deemed by the Islamist party to be negative in states it rules.
Party president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang said if the entertainment was deemed to have negative elements, then it should be banned.
Asked about outlets serving and selling liquor, such as the duty-free port in Langkawi, Abdul Hadi said the party would study what was allowed by all religions.
Abdul Hadi: What is banned by all religions, we will follow likewise.“What is banned by all religions, we will follow likewise,” he said after chairing the party’s management steering committee meeting here.
PAS, which retained Kelantan and won Kedah, will also head the state government in Perak although the party won only six seats in the state while DAP won 18 and PKR, seven.
Abdul Hadi confirmed that PAS would help form the state government in Selangor, where it won eight seats. PKR won 15 seats and DAP 13.
The party also won one seat in Penang, where DAP and PKR garnered 19 and 9 seats respectively.
Among the initial policies it would undertake included proposing for two non-Muslims to be part of the Kedah state exco line-up as gratitude to the support given by the non-bumiputra communities.
“Freedom of religion will be allowed,” he said, adding that the hudud criminal procedure code for Muslim could be implemented if it was in line with the state constitutions.
Abdul Hadi also said that PAS would review all the proposed corridor development projects announced earlier by the Federal Government.
On the secret of the Opposition’s historic capture of four states besides PAS successfully defending Kelantan, Abdul Hadi said the party received support from many voters in urban areas, adding that support for the Opposition was based on the information flow generated from the Internet.
KOTA BARU: PAS will ban any entertainment deemed by the Islamist party to be negative in states it rules.
Party president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang said if the entertainment was deemed to have negative elements, then it should be banned.
Asked about outlets serving and selling liquor, such as the duty-free port in Langkawi, Abdul Hadi said the party would study what was allowed by all religions.
Abdul Hadi: What is banned by all religions, we will follow likewise.“What is banned by all religions, we will follow likewise,” he said after chairing the party’s management steering committee meeting here.
PAS, which retained Kelantan and won Kedah, will also head the state government in Perak although the party won only six seats in the state while DAP won 18 and PKR, seven.
Abdul Hadi confirmed that PAS would help form the state government in Selangor, where it won eight seats. PKR won 15 seats and DAP 13.
The party also won one seat in Penang, where DAP and PKR garnered 19 and 9 seats respectively.
Among the initial policies it would undertake included proposing for two non-Muslims to be part of the Kedah state exco line-up as gratitude to the support given by the non-bumiputra communities.
“Freedom of religion will be allowed,” he said, adding that the hudud criminal procedure code for Muslim could be implemented if it was in line with the state constitutions.
Abdul Hadi also said that PAS would review all the proposed corridor development projects announced earlier by the Federal Government.
On the secret of the Opposition’s historic capture of four states besides PAS successfully defending Kelantan, Abdul Hadi said the party received support from many voters in urban areas, adding that support for the Opposition was based on the information flow generated from the Internet.
by the STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE
KOTA BHARU - MALAYSIA'S Islamic opposition party said on Sunday it has no plans to immediately shut down nightclubs and gambling dens, or ban alcohol in a northern state where it won elections.
The Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, or PAS, also pledged to respect ethnic minority rights and said it would not unilaterally implement strict Islamic rules.
PAS retained its stronghold in northeast Kelantan state and wrested control of mainly Muslim Kedah state from Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's coalition in Saturday's general elections.
An Islamic cleric, Azizan Abdul Razak, 63, was named to lead the government in Kedah, said PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang.
He said Mr Azizan will not impose Islamic laws of the kind in force in Kelantan, including segregation of sexes in public places and a ban on gambling, alcohol, cinemas and nightclubs. Such places flourish in Langkawi, a popular tourist resort island in Kedah state.
He said PAS would consult its two political allies - the Chinese-based Democratic Action Party or DAP and the multiracial People's Justice Party known by its Malay acronym PKR - before implementing such rules. He said PAS will also seek feedback from the local community.
'We will first discuss with our non-Muslim friends. We all have different faiths. Whatever activities that are allowed by other religions, even though they are banned in Islam, we cannot disturb. That is their right,' he told reporters.
'We will ensure freedom of religion, freedom of worship and the right to carry out their daily affairs,' he said.
PAS, the DAP and PKR captured three other states - Perak, Penang and Selangor - which have large ethnic Chinese and Indian populations.
Penang, which is the country's only Chinese-majority state, will be governed by the DAP. Mr Hadi said the three parties were still deciding who would lead Perak and Selangor.
PAS, which has ruled Kelantan since 1990, had alienated ethnic minorities and liberal-thinking Muslims with its call for a hardline theocratic state in the past. An earlier cooperation with the DAP collapsed over its Islamic agenda. But PAS dropped its call for a theocratic state in these elections and toned down its Islamic rhetoric.
Malay Muslims make up about 60 per cent of Malaysia's 27 million people, while Chinese and Indians jointly account for about a third of the population.
The opposition gains are seen as a protest vote against Mr Abdullah's government amid complaints over the rising cost of living, growing crime and religious and racial tensions.
Mr Hadi attributed the opposition's strong gains - which eroded the ruling coalition's two-thirds parliamentary majority for the first time in four decades - to support from Chinese and Indians in urban areas.
'We praise Allah for our victory,' he said. 'It shows that Malaysians want a development policy that is fair and does not lead to abuses. We will support development that is beneficial for the people but we will reject corruption, cronyism and nepotism.'
KOTA BHARU - MALAYSIA'S Islamic opposition party said on Sunday it has no plans to immediately shut down nightclubs and gambling dens, or ban alcohol in a northern state where it won elections.
The Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, or PAS, also pledged to respect ethnic minority rights and said it would not unilaterally implement strict Islamic rules.
PAS retained its stronghold in northeast Kelantan state and wrested control of mainly Muslim Kedah state from Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's coalition in Saturday's general elections.
An Islamic cleric, Azizan Abdul Razak, 63, was named to lead the government in Kedah, said PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang.
He said Mr Azizan will not impose Islamic laws of the kind in force in Kelantan, including segregation of sexes in public places and a ban on gambling, alcohol, cinemas and nightclubs. Such places flourish in Langkawi, a popular tourist resort island in Kedah state.
He said PAS would consult its two political allies - the Chinese-based Democratic Action Party or DAP and the multiracial People's Justice Party known by its Malay acronym PKR - before implementing such rules. He said PAS will also seek feedback from the local community.
'We will first discuss with our non-Muslim friends. We all have different faiths. Whatever activities that are allowed by other religions, even though they are banned in Islam, we cannot disturb. That is their right,' he told reporters.
'We will ensure freedom of religion, freedom of worship and the right to carry out their daily affairs,' he said.
PAS, the DAP and PKR captured three other states - Perak, Penang and Selangor - which have large ethnic Chinese and Indian populations.
Penang, which is the country's only Chinese-majority state, will be governed by the DAP. Mr Hadi said the three parties were still deciding who would lead Perak and Selangor.
PAS, which has ruled Kelantan since 1990, had alienated ethnic minorities and liberal-thinking Muslims with its call for a hardline theocratic state in the past. An earlier cooperation with the DAP collapsed over its Islamic agenda. But PAS dropped its call for a theocratic state in these elections and toned down its Islamic rhetoric.
Malay Muslims make up about 60 per cent of Malaysia's 27 million people, while Chinese and Indians jointly account for about a third of the population.
The opposition gains are seen as a protest vote against Mr Abdullah's government amid complaints over the rising cost of living, growing crime and religious and racial tensions.
Mr Hadi attributed the opposition's strong gains - which eroded the ruling coalition's two-thirds parliamentary majority for the first time in four decades - to support from Chinese and Indians in urban areas.
'We praise Allah for our victory,' he said. 'It shows that Malaysians want a development policy that is fair and does not lead to abuses. We will support development that is beneficial for the people but we will reject corruption, cronyism and nepotism.'
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