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Undilah PAS : MENENTANG KEZALIMAN & MENEGAKKAN KEADILAN
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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16 (AFP) - The Islamic rulers of a northeast Malaysian
state on Thursday told an allied
Chinese-dominated party there were no immediate plans to introduce a
controversial tax on non-Muslims.
Nik Aziz Nik Mat, chief minister of Kelantan which is ruled by the Parti
Islam SeMalaysia (PAS), told a delegation
from the Democratic Action Party (DAP) his government would await the
outcome of a study on "kharaj" by the PAS
rulers of neighbouring Terengganu.
PAS, which already held the state assembly in Kelantan, captured
Terengganu from the national ruling party in
November 29 polls.
Its proposal to collect a kharaj tax from non-Muslims in Terengganu, to
match the tithes which Muslims pay, met with
strong protests.
The opposition DAP, and Chinese-dominated parties in the nationally ruling
coalition, warned the Islamic party to
scrap its plan. They said it would burden non-Muslims and scare off
investors.
The DAP delegation visited Terengganu Wednesday, where chief minister
Abdul Hadi Awang assured them that
kharaj would not be forced on non-Muslim businesses.
In what DAP chairman Lim Kit Siang called a "friendly and fruitful"
meeting, Hadi also said non-Muslims would be
fully consulted during a study of the proposed tax.
On Thursday, according to a statement from Lim, Kelantan chief minister
Nik Aziz told them he would await the
outcome of the study in the neighbouring state before making any move.
Nik Aziz, according to Lim, also promised to consider amending the state
constitution so assembly members could be
nominated to represent minorities.
Lim said the Terengganu chief minister gave similar assurances.
The DAP proposed that the two PAS state governments give a fixed regular
financial allocation to Chinese and Tamil
primary schools "as a recognition of appreciation to their contribution to
national development."
Lim said that although Kelantan was a poor state, "it is the symbolic
gesture that if more important than the actual
sum."
He said the DAP also proposed an allocation to a Chinese secondary school
in Kelantan but did not say how the
Islamic party responded.
PAS and the DAP are part of the Alternative Front opposition alliance,
along with the National Justice Party and the
Malaysian People's Party.
Alternative Front leaders last week played down disputes over kharaj and
said the alliance remained strong.
But the DAP had earlier warned PAS it risked losing the support of
non-Muslims if it pushed through laws without
consulting them.
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