KOTA BAHARU, July 22 (Bernama) -- Among the top leaders in PAS, only Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat is seen to be opposing the 'muzakarah' or dialogues between the party and Umno on the future of the Muslims in the country.The PAS spiritual leader who is also the Kelantan Menteri Besar had said that the dialogue between PAS and Umno must be stopped immediately because there was a danger that such dialogues could lead to disunity in PAS.
The reason he gave for rejecting the muzakarah was that PAS had been entrapped by the Umno politics by joining the Barisan Nasional (BN) in the 1970's before the party was expelled from the coalition.
At a press conference yesterday, Nik Aziz appeared to be hurt by the decision of the PAS Ulama Consultative (Syura) Council to give its consent to the dialogue with Umno.
Gua Musang Umno Youth head, Bazlan Baharuddin said Nik Aziz should not object if he truly upheld the concept of 'forgive and forget' propagated by Islam.
"The situation before was different compared to the present scenario which is globally oriented. So, PAS must put aside any feelings of dissatisfaction in the past and focus on current issues so that the Muslims in this country will not be left behind," he told Bernama here.
Yesterday, PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang said the dialogue with Umno had received the blessing of the Ulama Consultative Council before the first meeting between PAS deputy president Nasharuddin Mat Isa, PAS Election Department director Datuk Mustafa Ali and Shah Alam Member of Parliament, Abdul Khalid Samad, with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
"I believe Nik Aziz is probably afraid that he may lose his influence because Kelantan is the only state controlled by PAS whereas in several other states, PAS is sharing power with the other parties," Bazlan said.
He said the Kelantan Menteri Besar was more afraid to forge cooperation with Umno as he feared the PAS influence would be eroded.
The open opposition by Nik Aziz arose after he had first appeared to agree to the muzakarah based on his statement that it could be done as long as the Umno grassroots themselves wanted it.
In fact, he had suggested that the matter be agreed upon at the Umno branch level before being brought to the divisional level and subsequently taken to the Umno Supreme Council. He also wanted a third party to be involved in the discussion.
Within Umno on the other hand, there were groups who said PAS should not place any condition for the muzakarah.
Over the weekend, the Prime Minister had said that discussions between the two political parties had actually started, referring to his meeting with the three PAS leaders.
In KUALA LUMPUR, Umno MT member Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal said today it was not impossible for PAS to join the BN again if the muzakarah succeeded in uniting the two parties.
"I have said that we welcome this move. It's a very positive step especially in the context of resolving issues concerning the Malays and Islam," he said.
Mohd Shafie, who is also the Minister of Unity, Culture, Arts and Heritage, said the dialogues were appropriate as they could help in overcoming problems caused by differences in opinion and ideologies.
tunku : i don't understand why nik aziz is opposing to such good things which is the way of ISLAM. a person who is called ulama should understand the importance of muzakarah.it's just dialogues, it's not for the merge of umno and pas.may be some bigger ulama should advice nik aziz.if a person like hadi awang can agree to it, i just don't understand a soft person like nik aziz opposing it.or may be he is not soft as he portrays himself.
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YM,
heheh, wat can I say...but i beg to differ on ur last comment on Hj.Nik Aziz as he is jst being honest on his opposition to d muzakarah...he did mention if d grassroot dat is d rakyat wants it den he's all system go... if d rakyat wants it wch i'm sure d rakyat wants(even tho i dun want,heheh) it but subject to PLah stepping down n DS Najib appointed acting PM till election & den d rakyat vote for YM Ku Li for Presiden n DS Rais/TS Muhyidin as DPM...Dato M elected as Youth Chief n given d post of Foreign Minister, heheh..wat can I say..after 5 years Dato M can contest for presidency..jst my tot.. oops..lari topik sal Hj Nik lak..sory YM, tp I tink Nik Aziz noes PLah cannot lead d country..he mite hav done d Istikharah for all i cud tink of n its unwise to deal wth a living devil... wat if YM Ku Li jd PM, cud not d muzakarah b better for d benefit of d rakyat..it'll be a flip flop results later on wth PLah as d player..heheh..wat can I say..(,") till den YM, sory for d babbling..heheh..ciao for now bros/sis..
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Islam preaches peace and that conflicts be resolved through peaceful means. An ulama should know that. Truth is, because of how different they are, they will never merge. One party will always want to subject its supremacy over the other. So talks like these are to facilitate resolution to other matters that concerning Islam in the country and issues relating to Malays. How very narrow-minded.
Perhaps it's only Nik Aziz who still remember what happened to PAS under Asri's leadership in early 70s, others may have forgotten or may not be in the organisation then. And we are talking about organisation, and not individuals.
Furthermore, the muzakarah has been politicised by certain quarters saying that BN has offered PAS some ministerial, deputy ministerial and senior GLC positions if PAS were to join Barisan. This is an unbecoming speculation for such a muzakarah to be seen as politically "clean", a pre-requisite for it to be successful.
Even some have pre-judged PAS by saying that it's backstabbing its parners in Pakatan, just for attending the muzakarah. When a PAS leader oppose such a muzakarah, he is being criticised. So it's catch 22 situation for PAS. So UMNO wins on this count. But do Muslims win? No! So, are the objectives of the Muzakarah fulfilled? Answer ourselves.
I am not siding any one, but please, as a Muslim, be fair. If one wants to see the Muzakarah to go on, put aside politics, put aside speculation or offers to join this or that party. If everyone in UMNO/PAS is sincere with this muzakarah and for it to be seen as apolitical dicussion, also invite other non-political Muslim organisations.
Just stick to the Muzakarah for the sake of Muslims and not for the sake of UMNO or PAS.
Tak Dak Nama 3
Nik Aziz usually the only one outstanding in PAS esp in controversial statements etc. We at the grassroots in UMNO esp in Pakatan ruled states would like to see a positive outcome fr the Muzakarah esp. in Perak whereby the MB looks like hes a 'LONE RANGER" if PAS joins BN, Perak will be back in BN arms and we should let Mohd Nizar remained as MB and the excos (mixture of PAS and UMNO) how about that! I will hold a doa selamat immediately after BN get Perak back.
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Perhaps he knows there might be promises by UMNO that have swayed the other PAS leaders'conviction exhibiting their true colours when offered a carrot.
Nik Aziz's intention to go against the dialogue is questionable. The Muzakarah is clearly an islamic way of talking and discussing pertaining to the benefits of the Muslim/Malay people.
The the objective of the dialogue has nothing to do with PAS joining UMNO.
There's nothing to be afraid of little Nik Aziz.. They won't suddenly abandone PAS and join UMNO.
I also don't understand why Nik Aziz extremely says no for muzakarah with UMNO..Perkara yang baik seperti ini harus dilaksanakan untuk menyelesaikan isu berkaitan Melayu dan Islam. Beliau tegas dengan pendirian beliau untuk tidak bermuzakarah sedangkan Hadi Awang bersedia untuk bermuzakarah dengan UMNO.
Yup..He looks to be standing alone with his opinion of opposing the muzakarah.
besides he feared of the party split because of the influence from the muzakarah done by UMNO, I can't see any other concrete reasons for him to do so.
Basically it is just a discussion between parties.it would be impossible for them to unite under BN government anyway.
Or, is he scared that his influence and legacy in the party might eventually fade, like Bazlan said?
just like the title says,yeah he seems as if he's alone.there's no concrete reason why he didnt want to have anything to do with UMNO rather than "sleeping with the enemy".there's a possiblity that he still feels strongly towards their last coalition in 1974.
or is because someone from the party influenced him not to take part in such meeting?
it's just a mere discussion and both parties coulndnt refused and say no.i dont think any pact gonna exist between them.if there are any resolution between them hopefully it's for the betterment of the public both malays and non-malays.
PAS should do an internal post mortem since both of their most prominent leaders are starting to divide their acts and thoughts over an ISLAMIC activity.
Nik Aziz terlampau paranoid dengan benda ni kot. Muzakarah ni pun bukan untuk nak merosakkan PAS, benda ini memberikan kepentingan bersama bagi kedua dua belah pihak. Jangan terlalu cepat melabel orang lain. Jangan terlalu takut yang nanti kalau PAS berpecah dia tak dapat jadi MB Kelantan lagi. Kalaulah betul pun ada perangkap dalam muzakarah ni, takkan orang2 PAS tak dapat menangkis benda2 macam tu, kata memperjuangkan Islam, takkan kerana sebab kuasa dan tawaran2 menarik cepat sangat matlamat dan perjuangan boleh dilupakan. Takkan tak ikhlas betul2 dengan dasar perjuangan? Ke sama je dengan orang lain yang hanya semata2 mengejar kuasa?
Nik Aziz opposing this could be understandable.
Even I as a non-party-related person, seeing the so called muzakarah as something is not right somewhere.
That's true Islam is a peaceful loving religion and our way of living is lead to a peaceful and respecting manners but how the muzakarah is being held is the big question.
If UMNO really serious in discussing the matters of Malay, they should be doing internally first and bring it up in parliament. Isn't what being done in parliament is called muzakarah in arab? Why must a country affair being discuss offline between two biggest Malay Party in Malaysia? Is there a scare of Anwar lying on September Malaysia Take over? so what they are doing now is to break Pakatan Rakyat and merged the PAS parliament member into UMNO?
That is just wrong.
Sometimes we just have to agree with Nik Aziz.
Muzakarah among muslim is of course encourage, but with evil, please pass. It's been years since UMNO heed PAS's intention's and so we have to ask, why now? Desperate measures?
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