Muhyiddin’s ‘fatwa’ is against true teachings of Islam, says Saifuddin

Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail speaking during a ceramah for the Pulai parliamentary constituency by-election at Taman Dahlia, Johor Baru on Sept 5, 2023. - Thomas Yong/The Star

JOHOR BARU: Perikatan Nasional chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s “haram” comment at a by-election ceramah here has “hijacked the true teachings of Islam”, says Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.

The Home Minister said the former prime minister’s declaration that it was “haram” or forbidden for constituents to vote for the Pakatan Harapan candidate for the Pulai parliamentary seat, Suhaizan Kayat, was against the teachings of the religion.