Hadi will get away with defying Terengganu sultan - Commander S THAYAPARAN (Retired) Royal Malaysian Navy

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Malaysiakini : “I will keep giving my sermons as usual in suraus and mosques. We have to understand ... when we talk about Islam, we cannot separate politics from religion.”

– PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang

COMMENT | This is PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang’s game plan. It really does not matter if Perikatan Nasional is on board or not because Bersatu and whoever else in the coalition are irrelevant.

This is about Hadi’s vision for a theocratic state. Now when most people think of a theocratic state, they think of the supremacy of religion.  True but a theocratic state is also one where ethnic divisions and inter-religious schisms are used by the religious party in power to sustain hegemony.

Now what Hadi and PAS are doing is slowly whittling away at the last R of the three Rs (race, religion and royalty). Umno used to believe that it was the guardian of these “tiang seri” (sacred pillars) but with its downfall, disparate figures like Annuar Musa before the last general election were hoping a hook-up with PAS would ensure the “tiang seri” endured, citing the below:

"Strategi musuh adalah untuk melihat politik Melayu lemah. Ia lemah bila orang Melayu berpecah.

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