Yusof Rawa tried middle path

Scanned Pix : StaricStarpix By : Sazuki EmbongReporter : Wong Chun WaiDate: 30.05.1991PAS president Haji Yusof Rawa and Semangat 46 president Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah at the 37th PAS general assembly at the party headquarters in Taman Melewar this morning.

I REFER to the article by Wan Saiful Wan Jan entitled “What Yusof Rawa Did to PAS” (The Star, May 9). The article is a description of how PAS, by virtue of the ulama, turned into a party that developed a ‘chosen by God leadership’ doctrine and how the Majlis Syura Ulama (Ulama Consultative Council) acted as the overriding power over democratic rules and principles.

I noted there was lack of attributive factors in the writing as to why and how such a development took place in PAS. I did my PhD at Universiti Malaya (2007) focusing on Conflict in Islamic Party (PAS) and the change it brought. I gathered information on Yusof Rawa’s leadership as he was the architect of change from the post Asri crisis and the first President and Mursyidul Am of the ulama leadership.