“If you live in an authoritarian state, you will have an authoritarian Islam because it serves the interest of the state, it serves the interest of the rulers to refuse to recognize there are principles in Islam that recognise change is possible.” - Sisters in Islam co-founder Zainah Anwar

COMMENT | Academic Prof Tajuddin Mhd Rasdi responded to my piece and made a case for Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim performing a sandiwara (charade).

Tajuddin seems to believe that the gist of my piece was that there was very little daylight between the prime minister and PAS. What I wrote is much more troubling.

The gist of my piece was that Madani was doing PAS work for...