ALOR SETAR: PAS is open to "tahaluf siyasi" or political collaboration with any political party, on condition that the collaboration does not contravene Islamic teachings, PAS spiritual leader Hashim Jasin (pix) said. Learning from experience, he said PAS would now place the condition that gives priority to Islam before forging any political collaboration for the sake of peace, wellbeing and racial harmony. "The condition is that we must follow Islam, what Allah wants us to do (as caliphs). Hashim said PAS was also prepared to create a third political bloc, which might be different from the existing political blocs in the country if Pakatan Harapan was willing to accept Islam as the main condition for cooperation. Earlier in his speech, Hashim called on PAS members to accept former members who wanted to rejoin the party.

Source: The Star April 27, 2017 13:55 UTC