“Pakatan has sown the seeds of Islamophobia in the country,” claims PAS man

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PAKATAN Harapan’s (PH) reaction to the procession of PAS members bearing replicas of medieval weapons and armour in Terengganu recently has inadvertently planted the seeds of Islamophobia in the country, claimed PAS Dewan Ulama chief Datuk Ahmad Yahaya.

The Pokok Sena MP was referring to the militia-styled cosplay parade during the Himpunan Pemuda Islam Terengganu or “Himpit” in Setiu, Terengganu last Friday, which saw Terengganu PAS Youth members clad in medieval Islamic war costumes and armed with fake swords, spears and shields.

“The issue seems to have been exaggerated without any good reason. When examined in its entirety, this programme is merely an Islamic-heritage-themed parade,” he said in a statement yesterday via PAS mouthpiece HarakahDaily.

“There is nothing about the intention nor behaviour [of those who took part in the parade] that can be associated with any form of criminal behaviour nor were they threatening public order.

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