Pas sentiasa menghasut pemikiran ahli dan pengikutnya supaya membenci UMNO. Sebabnya UMNO begitu disenangi oleh kaum China, India dan lain-lain.
Tetapi apabila Kerajaan Pas Terengganu tumbang dan Hadi Awang kehilangan kerusi Menteri Besar, Pas mula berubah dan membuang fatwa lamanya yang anti perpaduan kaum dan agama.
Apabila Nizar Jamaludin dilantik menajadi Menteri Besar Perak, walaupun hanya berbekalkan 6 kerusi sahaja, Pas mula sedar bahawa perpaduan kaum itu amat perlu di negara ini.
Mereka melihat contoh UMNO-BN yang mewakili kaum masing-masing telah berjaya hidup bersama berkongsi kuasa politik. UMNO-BN dengan penuh muhibbah dan bertanggungjawab berkongsi menguruskan negara dan rakyat selama 53 tahun.
Formula inilah sekarang yang sedang cuba ditiru oleh Pas. Tapi masalahnya UMNO kongsi raya sahaja, tetapi PAS kongsi agama dengan DAP.
Sumber: harakahdaily
KUALA LUMPUR, 9 Jan: PAS bersikap terbuka kepada semua kaum di negara ini bukan bertujuan meraih sokongan politik semata-mata sebaliknya kerana mengikut perintah Allah Taala, tegas Presiden PAS, Datuk Seri Tuan Guru Abdul Hadi Awang.
Abdul Hadi berkata, Islam sememangnya tidak memaksa penganut agama lain memeluk Islam namun umat Islam diwajibkan menjalinkan hubungan baik sesama manusia tanpa mengira agama, bangsa dan kaum.
UMNO-BN telah lama menyatupadukan semua kaum. Anak-anak pelbagai bangsa dan agama mendapat kemudahan pendidikan dan sosial yang sama. Rakyat pelbagai kaum juga mendapat peluang yang sama untuk meningkatkan taraf kehidupan keluarga masing-masing.
Sebenarnya inilah perintah Allah SWT yang diamalkan oleh UMNO bersama rakan komponennya dalam BN. Oleh itu rakyat Malaysia yang bukan beragama Islam dapat merasakan bahawa walaupun agama Islam adalah agama rasmi negara tetapi mereka tidak pernah dilarang mengamalkan ugama masing-masing. Mereka juga tidak dipaksa menganut agama Islam.
Dan yang paling penting mereka bertambah maju dengan meningkatkanya taraf hidup, pertambahan kekayaan, kejayaan anak-anak dalam bidang pelajaran dan kerjaya serta dapat mengumpulkan harta dengan amat selesa sekali.
UMNO menerajui pemerintahan dengan menghubungkan kasih sayang sesama manusia, bukan sahaja terdiri darpada pelbagai kaum dan bangsa bahkan terdiri daripada pelbagai agama. Inilah hakikat kejayaan negara majmuk pimpinan UMNO-BN selama ini yang berjaya mewujudkan kemakmuran seperti yang diperintahkan oleh Allah.
Peranan UMNO-BN telah dapat dilaksanakan dengan jayanya memakmurkan muka bumi ini bagi kepentingan semua makhluk yang berlindung di dalamnya sebagai satu masyarakat yang bertamadun yang hidup dalam suasana persaudaraan sesama manusia.
Selama lebih 50 tahun rakyat Malaysia hidup dalam suasana hormat-menghormati sehingga mebentuk satu kehidupan yang harmoni. Tidak wujud prasangka atau prejudis antara kaum dan tidak lahir perasaan iri hati atau dengki khianat antara satu kaum dengan kaum yang lain.
Bagaimanapun sikap sebenar Pas adalah seperti yang digambarkan dari petikan berikut.
Pas Tolak Perpaduan Kaum dan Agama
THE show must go on - and the 25,000 guests of the Kongsi Raya Chinese New Year open house in Terengganu clearly did the right thing by defying the directive of Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Abdul Aziz Hadi Awang.
There was absolutely no reason for the organisers to back out as they had met the necessary requirements for the gathering, including approval from the Culture, Arts and Tourism Ministry and the police.
The go-ahead from these two federal authorities was enough to supersede whatever obstacles placed by the PAS state government.
The Federal Constitution also clearly stipulates the right of the Chinese community to practise their traditions. Moreover, the school authorities, under the jurisdiction of the Education Ministry, had given the nod for the gathering to be held at SK Sultan Sulaiman I.
Hadi, the hardliner of the Islamist party, had given three reasons for refusing to approve the gathering - the open house would be held during prayer time, the venue was not appropriate for entertainment purposes, and that women performers would be involved.
Malaysians can understand and appreciate Hadi's reservations on the timing of the gathering. However, the organisers had said it would not start until 8.40pm.
In fact, the unwritten rule for many event organisers, even in Kuala Lumpur, is to begin functions at 8.30pm to allow Muslims to perform their prayers. Such sensitivity should rightly be observed.
But, as Culture, Tourism and Arts Minister Datuk Paduka Abdul Kadir Fadzir said, Chinese guests could eat first if they wanted to. I believe the Chinese guests at the Terengganu gathering were polite enough to wait for their Muslim friends.
What I cannot fathom is Hadi's fuss over the gathering's entertainment programme. Husband-and-wife team Yusry and Erra Fazira are highly regarded for their wholesome family act. Female singer Bienda, for example, is probably among the few Malay artistes who wear the tudung.
Surely he has no quarrel with the Alleycats, probably the only non-Malay band singing Malay songs and comprising singers who are now in their 50s.
Taking into account the conservative setting of the east coast state, the organisers had included nasyid groups and a Chinese orchestra.
Hadi had said the ministry's application to the Kuala Terengganu Municipal Council did not comply with the provisions of the Entertainment and Places of Entertainment Enactment 2002.
Although he did not specify which provision, it is learnt that the enactment, which was passed by the PAS state government, forbids women artistes from performing in public places - even for cultural dances.
Last year, organisers of a Deepavali gathering landed in hot soup when they included a traditional Indian dance by male and female performers. Then, the Kuala Terengganu MCA earned the wrath of Hadi when they wanted to hold a social dance for senior citizens.
The latest objection by PAS is another reflection of how intolerant its leaders can be towards the political, cultural and religious rights of minorities despite professing to protect them if the party were to form the next federal government.
In fact, PAS leaders, including its spiritual leader Datuk Nik Aziz Nik Mat, even defended the Taliban when they blew up the largest free-standing statue of Buddha in Afghanistan.
In the name of religion, PAS leaders would remove every layer of democratic process in Malaysia by labelling its opponents as "infidels and Jews" while non-Muslims who speak up would be told they lack the credentials to speak about the party because they have no knowledge of Islam.
This tactic has long been used by PAS to intimidate its opponents and those without the courage and stamina to fight its leaders from shoving down the throats of moderate Malaysians their own interpretations of Islam.
Equally disturbing is the continuing silence of non-Muslim leaders in Parti Keadilan Nasional, which is bent on helping PAS wrest power. Never mind if they only get the crumbs by becoming a junior partner in the ruling coalition.
Where are the outspoken non-Muslim Keadilan leaders who dare to challenge the Federal Reserve Unit police at demonstrations but remain timid when PAS leaders trample on the rights of moderate Malaysians?