Barely three months ago, PAS Youth Chief Salahuddin Ayub said the party will revert to the Barisan Alternatif’s common manifesto adopted for the 1999 general election, meaning it will no longer stress on forming an Islamic state. Short say, PAS would like to soften its stance on the controversial Islamic state policy.

However, the party has recently gone on the another way round by holding demonstrations and locking horns with human rights groups on several issues, one of them being the proposed inter-faith commission.

Last month, PAS came under fire for proposing a strict dress code for non-Muslim women in Kelantan, the only state it controls. Some of its MPs had also joined their Barisan Nasional counterparts in condemning the ‘sexy‘ uniforms of Malaysia Airlines stewardesses.

Meanwhile, the Youth Chief insisted that the party had not backtracked but requires more time to change its policy. Quote:

“It’s quite difficult in a short time for us to convince the public we are going to soften the image. We are not in a conducive situation, it’s quite difficult for me to explain." […]

"The Malays can realise our change, but I understand that the non-Muslim community still has a very bad perception about us." […]

"It’s two different issues on our decision to soften the party’s stance on the Islamic state policy and our reactions towards those issues, the latter are our concerns. We are steadfast on religious issues, those are our core business, we cannot tolerate." […]

Source: Malaysiakini

Let me re-quote and ask, what means by "softer stand"? Why non-Muslim community still has a very bad perception towards PAS? What means by "steadfast on religious issue, those are our core business, we cannot tolerate"?

Now, Mr. Youth Chief, you really don’t know WHAT and WHY?

Please, RTFM!

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