Parti Islam Se-Malaysia
| Parti Islam Se-Malaysia Islamic Party of Malaysia |
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| Party leader | Abdul Hadi Awang |
| founding | May 31, 1955 |
| Headquarters | Kuala Lumpur |
| Alignment | Islamism |
| Colours) | White, green |
| Parliament seats | 21 of 222 ( Dewan Rakyat , 2013 ) |
| Website |
www.pas.org.my bm.harakahdaily.net |
The Parti Islam Se-Malaysia ( PAS , Islamic Party of Malaysia ) is an Islamic political party in Malaysia that belongs to the opposition . Its chairman is Abdul Hadi Awang.
In the 2008 elections , the PAS was part of an opposition coalition, the Pakatan Rakyat, led by Anwar Ibrahim . In the Malaysian parliament , this coalition won a total of 46.7% of the vote, which resulted in 82 of the 222 seats. 14.5% of the votes and 23 seats went to the PAS. The Pakatan Rakyat was also able to gain a majority in the state parliament in five of the 13 Malaysian states and provide government there.
Voter base and political orientation
The strongholds of the PAS are rural conservative areas and can rely on a broad Islamic majority in the two northeastern states of Kelantan and Terengganu , as the overwhelming majority of the population there are Malays . Still, the Islamists avoid restricting the ethnic minorities too much, especially the Chinese, who are by far the largest and most affluent minority in Malaysia. According to experts, the PAS also needs the votes of the minorities for a victory in elections at the state level, because only about 60% of the population are Muslim and it is unlikely that the overwhelming majority of Malays will turn away from the UMNO . Beer and pork can still be bought in Terengganu, although Islamists otherwise strictly refuse to do so.
However, since 2003 it has not been allowed to use the services of a tourist guide who is of the opposite sex. So when you go on a family outing, you have to split the family and do sightseeing separately.
While a key point in the program of the ruling UMNO, which is also supported by Muslim Malays, is the economic betterment and privileges of the Malays at the expense of the Chinese, the PAS is less oriented towards redistribution. In Terengganu , she handed over the property rights to a property to a group of Chinese families who had previously looked for the property for a long time under UMNO rule.
history
It was registered on May 31, 1955 with its original name Persatuan Islam Se-Malaysia . It was originally part of the UMNO , the politically dominant party in Malaysia, but later separated from it. In 1959, the PAS won the elections in Kelantan and Terengganu, making it one of the first Islamic parties to come to power in a country. In Kelantan, the PAS continued to govern until 1978. In 1962, however, the PAS was severely weakened when the UMNO-led government imprisoned the leading party cadres for collaborating with warring Indonesia.
In 1964 Mohamad Muda Asri became chairman of the PAS and at the same time chief minister of Kelantan. In 1974 he led the party into the Barisan Nasional (National Front) coalition with the UMNO.
The political connection between the PAS and the National Front was short-lived, and in 1978 the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) won a majority of the votes in Kelantan. In 1982, Asri was forced to resign by young MPs who were disappointed with the results of his political work. The Islamic Revolution in Iran led the party to politically upgrade the religious scholars . From 1982 you received not only the leading role in the party leadership, but also the central position in your own draft from the Islamic State .
In order to break the power of the UMNO, the PAS wooed the non-Malay population of Malaysia in the 1986 elections with the promise of a just society without religious or racial discrimination.
In the general elections of October 1990, the PAS did poorly at the federal level, but it was able to win all parliamentary and state seats in Kelantan. Thereupon the party announced the plan to introduce the Hadd sentences in this state .
In 1999, PAS was a founding member of the Barisan Alternatif opposition coalition and was able to increase its presence in parliament from 7 to 27 seats in the parliamentary elections. It also won in Terengganu State and almost got a majority in Kedah .
When the Taliban destroyed the Buddha statues in Bamiyan in Afghanistan in March 2001 , Abdul Hadi Awang shocked the world by giving a sermon support for the Taliban and saying that the Taliban are a fine example of an Islamic regime like him wish it were for Malaysia.
In the 2004 elections, the PAS won seven seats, one of which fell to the PAS only through the disqualification of a Barisan Nasional candidate. The party leader, Abdul Hadi Awang , lost his seat in parliament. The PAS also lost the majority in Terengganu , but was just able to defend its majority in Kelantan .
literature
- Farish Noor: Islam embedded. The Historical Development of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party PAS (1951-2003). 2 vols. Kuala Lumpur 2004.
- Hussin Mutalib: Islam in Malaysia. From Revivalism to Islamic State. Singapore 1993. pp. 33-47.