KUALA LUMPUR – The battle for Islamic leadership in Malaysia has been brought to the fore, after one of the sultans, traditional guardians of religion in the country’s states, issued a rare royal rebuke of a politician from an Islamist party.
Sultan Sharafuddin Salahuddin of Selangor, who was also chairman of the National Council for Islamic Affairs at the time, chided Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) president Hadi Awang in a Feb 27 letter for allegedly questioning the commitment of the country’s rulers to upholding Islamic law.
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