Dr M says surprised PAS can cooperate with ‘infidel’ Umno
Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said today he has been confounded by a charter signed between PAS and its former rival Umno for political cooperation yesterday. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Speaking to the press at the Putrajaya Boat Race Championship, the former Umno president again brought up the fact that PAS leaders had labelled Umno members as “kafir”, or infidels, and have yet to rescind the decree. Prior to the charter, both PAS and Umno decided to reconcile over the deadly Memali incident in Kedah in 1985, that was the result of a strained relationship between the two parties after the former declared the latter’s members as apostates and infidels.
When asked whether to comment regarding the newly forged alliance’s insistence that their unity ploy has nothing to do with the Malay-Muslims, Dr Mahathir pointed out that the move has always only been about ethno-religious sentiments.
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