PAS leader says 'liberal Muslims' are a threat to Islam

ALOR SETAR: "Liberal Muslims" are a threat to Islam who must be wiped out or banned, PAS deputy spiritual leader Datuk Ahmad Yaakob said.

"They must be wiped out or at least banned because it will result in the formation of groups among Muslims here who will end up fighting one another," he said when openning the 56th Dewan Ulama Assembly here Thursday.

He said that "liberal Islam" is a western agenda promoted as an alternative to "extreme Islam" which is being portrayed by media.

Without naming specific individuals, Ahmad said these "liberal Muslims" had influenced some leaders of the country to the extent that they dare not utter terms such as "hudud" or "Islamic nation".