Outspoken ulama invites backlash


PAS is in a dilemma about what to do with controversial ulama Nasharudin Mat Isa. Sacking him would make him a martyr but to allow him to continue to speak out may damage the party’s prospects in the general election.

NASHARUDIN Mat Isa was once regarded as a political comet in PAS but his political career is now on a downward spiral. The former PAS deputy president’s future in PAS is on the line and he will know whether he is in or out in a fortnight’s time.

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