LATHEEFA SLAMS PAS: Your hudud is not a 'sacred cow', stop manipulating Muslims

PKR said PAS leaders should stop questioning the faith of Muslims who question the Islamic party's move to implement hudud law, as there is nothing in the syariah that prevents this.

"It is ... unacceptable for certain Pas leaders to continuously question the faith of Muslims whenever they raise questions or doubts on (a) PAS faction's attempt to implement hudud.

There is nothing in the syariah that prohibits Muslims from debating hudud," said PKR central committee member Latheefa Koya in a statement today.

She said many ordinary Muslims in Malaysia felt compelled to say that they will not object to hudud but this is a fallacy.

"There is some confusion that as Muslims cannot 'reject' the hudud, therefore we cannot question PAS' version of hudud. This is a fallacy. PAS’ version of hudud is not a sacred cow," she said.

Latheefa earlier slammed PAS Kelantan for pushing forward with an emergency sitting to discuss hudud, particularly at a time when Pakatan's biggest rival Umno was facing serious challenges for example over the issue of Prime Minister Najib Razak's controversial 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).

She accused PAS leaders of helping Umno distract public attention from the 1MDB scandal by playing up the hudud issue. - Mkini