“And we will look for a candidate.”

- Perlis mufti Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin

COMMENT | Recently PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang – who still has not replied to my numerous open letters and which makes me sad because he is the only one I have written to – said that we should debate people like controversial Muslim preacher Zakir Naik instead of turning the issue into a political one. Well, in the spirit of that admonishment, I will start with Perlis mufti Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin.

The Perlis mufti (does the DAP still want to build bridges with him?) said that Malaysia needs a strongman like Saddam Hussein to take on the “many thugs we currently have”. This I find strange because as far the DAP leaders are concerned, I think they are a bunch of pussy cats. He did not mention the DAP but seeing as how they are his favourite target, it is not hard to imagine that he views them as one of the numerous anti-Malay thugs we have in this country.

Before the elections, DAP leaders were roaring their heads off at the drop of a hat but since the Grand Poobah has taken over, they are bending over backwards to...