Hadi added that under Prime Minister Najib Razak’s administration, however, it was much easier to introduce and implement Islamic laws.
“During Dr Mahathir’s time, Islam was insulted. He went as far as to say that covering the aurat was not religious but cultural. He didn’t want us to carry out our duties as Muslims,” Berita Harian quoted him as saying.
The statement was made following Mahathir’s latest attack on Hadi, whom he accused of working with Umno to split the opposition’s votes in the coming general election.
The Pakatan Harapan chairman said Hadi had abandoned his own principle about not working with Umno.
“Najib is kafir (infidel), according to PAS. And according to them when you work with a kafir, you also become kafir.
“Now he is working with a kafir, and at one time with DAP. Hadi is kafering himself,” Mahathir had said.
Hadi did not elaborate on this part of Mahathir’s remarks, except to say he hoped the former prime minister would “repent”.
“He’s going overboard but let him repent on his own. He’s already an old man,” Hadi was quoted as saying.
According to Hadi, PAS’s “mature politics” has resulted in several Islamic laws being implemented.
“We can talk to the current prime minister because we need change. During Mahathir’s time, he wouldn’t even think about it,” Hadi said.
Dr M: ‘Kafering’ Hadi knows PAS will get zero seats at polls