PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang has warned against liberal and progressive interpretations of Islam, saying such ideas are misguided and disconnected from the Quran and sunnah.
“There are ‘haddathah’ movements (new labels ascribed to Islam) such as reform, progressive, conservative, liberal Islam, secular Islam… which ultimately lead to deviation from the fundamental pillars of religion.
“Only Islam, with its perfection, justice, and mercy, can unite a plural society in harmony and security,” he said in his keynote address at PAS’s 71st muktamar here.
Hadi said secular ideologies from the West have failed to solve society’s moral, economic and political problems, labelling them as “materialistic and unjust”.
“Western civilisation has failed to resolve fundamental…