Keadilan backs PAS� right to impose hudud: Wan Azizah
Susan Loone 4:19pm Mon Aug 26th, 2002 Keadilan president Dr Wan Azizah
Wan Ismail today clarified that the party respects the right of Terengganu
and Kelantan to enact the controversial hudud law as the two governments
were �democratically elected�. Wan Azizah also said that the party upholds
Islam as the country�s official religion as stated in the Federal
Constitution, and respects the right of non-Muslims to practise their own
faith. Keadilan believes that no Muslim can reject syariah laws, of which
hudud is a part, as it is in line with the religious obligations of Muslims,
she added. �You can�t ask Muslims to reject praying five times a day or
paying zakat (tithe). That�s all part of the syariah,� she told
malaysiakini. However, the party acknowledges that all laws in the country
must be in line with the Federal Constitution and 1957 social contract,
which assures all the major ethnic groups in this country are allowed
freedom to profess their own faith, Wan Azizah stressed. She was responding
to a malaysiakini report yesterday that Keadilan, after much debate within
the party, has taken a stand against hudud. Waz Azizah said that the report
had misrepresented the party�s stand.
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