INTERVIEW | From his time in a classroom teaching mathematics, behind an office desk dealing with administrative matters, or now in the Dewan Rakyat, first-term Sri Gading MP Aminolhuda Hassan’s political journey from PAS to Amanah has been driven by the same desire to learn and educate the people.

Growing up as a son of a religious teacher in a traditional Johor Umno family from Parit Jawa, Muar, Aminolhuda (above), however, chose to travel on a different path after being “educated” by a fellow teacher trainee at Universiti Putra Malaysia on leadership and politics in Islam.

“At that time I thought politics and religion cannot be put together. That’s the typical Umno mentality...