COMMENT Except for the fact it does not assure that no MP from the party will move a Private Member’s Bill to have hudud enacted, the latest PAS policy document ‘Negara Berkebajikan’ all but confirms that an Islamic state is not the party’s goal when and if Pakatan Rakyat takes power.

Coming as it does a week after MCA made a concerted attempt to re-ignite non-Muslim fear of an Islamic state, the PAS policy statement acts as counter to that fear and the BN parties’ exploitation of it.

Nearer to the general election, the BN components can be counted on to resuscitate the bogey to frighten non-Muslim voters into thinking that support for Pakatan is an invitation to PAS to introduce hudud...