Malaysian Islamic Party
The Malaysian Islamic Party, also known as the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (Malay: Parti Islam Se-Malaysia; Jawi: ڤرتي إسلام سمليسيا) or its Jawi-based acronym PAS, is an Islamist political party in Malaysia. Ideologically focused on Islamic fundamentalism,[3] PAS's electoral base is largely centered around Peninsular Malaysia's rural and eastern coasts and conservative northern, particularly in the states of Kelantan, Terengganu, Perlis, & Kedah. They also gained significant support in the rural areas of Perak and Pahang in the last 2022 general election & 2023 state elections; dubbed as the "Green Wave".
Malaysian Islamic Party
Parti Islam Se-Malaysia
ڤرتي إسلام سمليسيا
PAS / ڤاس
24 November 1951 (as Malayan Islamic Organisation)
31 May 1955 (as a 'Political Party')
No. 318-A, Jalan Raja Laut, 50350 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Alliance (1971–1973)
Barisan Nasional (1973–1978)
Angkatan Perpaduan Ummah (1990–1996)
Barisan Alternatif (1998–2004)
Barisan Rakyat (2004-2008)
Pakatan Rakyat (2008–2015)
Gagasan Sejahtera (2016–2020)
Muafakat Nasional (2019–2022)
Perikatan Nasional (since 2020)
Green and White
Istiqamah Sehingga Kemenangan
Islam Memimpin
Berjihadlah
The party was a component party of the then governing Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition which came to power as a result of the 2020–21 Malaysian political crisis. The party governs either solely or as coalition partners in the states of Kelantan, Terengganu, Kedah, Perlis and Sabah. In the past, it was a coalition partner in the state governments of Penang and Selangor as part of the federal opposition between 2008 and 2018.
Since the 2022 Malaysian general election, the party holds 43 of the 222 seats in the federal Dewan Rakyat, being the largest individual party, and has elected parliamentarians or state assembly members in 11 of the country's 13 states. Internationally, PAS is affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood.[1]
History[edit]
Origins[edit]
The post-World War II period, while Malaya was still under British colonial rule, saw the emergence of the country's first formal Islamic political movements. The Malay Nationalist Party (MNP), a left-wing nationalist organisation, was formed in October 1945 and led by Burhanuddin al-Helmy, who would later become the president of PAS. Out of the MNP arose the Pan Malayan Supreme Islamic Council (Majlis Agama Tertinggi Sa-Malaya or MATA) in 1947, and MATA in turn formed the party Hizbul Muslimin (Muslim People's Party of Malaya) in 1948. The central aim of Hizbul Muslimin was the establishment of an independent Malaya as an Islamic state.[4] However, the party did not live beyond 1948. The Malayan Emergency of that year, while a British–Communist dispute, saw the colonial administration arrest a number of the party's leaders, and the nascent group disbanded. Nevertheless, the party served as a forerunner to PAS, supplying both the ideology upon which PAS was formed and some of PAS's key leaders in its early years.[5]
PAS currently governs the states of Perlis, Kedah, Kelantan, and Terengganu.
Previously, when it was a component of Pakatan Rakyat, PAS was part of the Penang and Selangor state governments.
After 2020 Sheraton Move it witnessed change of state government, PAS itself teamed up with Barisan Nasional, to formed new state government PAS was part of the Perak, Pahang, Johor, and Sabah state governments.
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