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Selangor PAS has distanced itself from the move by several of the party’s MPs who have come to the defence of Sisters in Islam (SIS) after the NGO was branded as ‘deviant’ in a state fatwa. In a statement today, Selangor PAS commissioner Iskandar Samad said the move does not represent the party’s vi …

Sabah churches today distanced themselves from the ongoing clamour on secession from Peninsular Malaysia, but they want the federal government to address a litany of grievances that have been raised over the years. Key issues they want tackled are religious freedom and human rights, which we outline …

PAS central committee member Dr Mujahid Yusof Rawa today distanced the party from the controversial remarks of Islamic preacher Shahul Hamid, which were deemed insulting to Hindus. “His speech was made many years ago, about four years, in his series of lectures and a part taken and we don’t know the …