PAS has urged all quarters to continuously position and harmonise Malaysia’s rich diversity of religions, beliefs and cultures within the national framework and landscape, making it a “shared asset rather than a destructive poison”.

In its Deepavali greeting, the party’s secretary-general Takiyuddin Hassan also drew attention to the festival’s core message which is the triumph of light over darkness or truth over falsehood.

He said the message resonates with the shared aspirations of all Malaysians, regardless...