Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe by Email KUALA LUMPUR: While the Federal and PAS governments claim that Malaysia and Kelantan are Islamic states, their versions differ.
Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said Malaysia is an Islamic state that adheres to the fundamentals of Islam, and having a Constitution which states Islam as the official religion.
Asked about the difference between the Islamic state led by the Federal Government and the one led by PAS, Najib said: “PAS has their version and we have our own interpretation. We have never been a secular state,” he said.
Najib said that being an Islamic state did not mean that the rights of non-Muslims were not respected.
“It does not mean that we don’t protect the rights of non-Muslims,” he told reporters after officiating the “The Role of Islamic States in a Globalised World” seminar.
Najib also launched a book The Ijazah of Abdullah Fahim by Mesut Idris and Syed Ali Tawfik Al-Attas.
Abdullah Fahim was the grandfather of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
