We welcome anything that benefits Islam, says its spiritual leader Hashim Jasin.
PAS has welcomed Malaysia’s withdrawal from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court .
"We always welcome anything that benefits Islam… we will be together with the Prime Minister on this,” he told reporters after opening the Kota Bharu PAS division’s 52nd annual general meeting in Kelantan today. Yesterday, Dr Mahathir had announced that Malaysia was withdrawing from the Rome Statute following the confusion arising politically and within the society on it, stressing that the decision was not because the Statute was harmful to the country.
The decision to withdraw from the statute was made collectively at the cabinet meeting yesterday, Mahathir said.
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