Harakah is a newspaper founded in 1987 and published by ''

Malaysian Islamic Party The Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS; ms, Parti Islam Se-Malaysia; ms, ڤرتي إسلام سمليسيا, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset) is an Islamist political party in Malaysia. As the party focused on Islamic fundamentalism, PAS's ...

(PAS)''. In addition to using the

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, the paper includes an 8-page

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pullout consisting of pages and columns written in English called the ''English Section''. A page in Jawi writing was introduced in 2007. Articles from ''Harakah'' are also available through its own website, Harakahdaily.net.

Overview

The circulation of ''Harakah'' broke new heights during the post- Anwar sacking by Mahathir in the late 1990s. This has caused printing permit, which for years had allowed publication twice a week, to be changed to twice a month by the

Barisan Nasional The National Front ( ms, Barisan Nasional; abbrev: BN) is a political coalition of Malaysia that was founded in 1973 as a coalition of centre-right and right-wing political parties. It is also the third largest political coalition with 30 se ...

-dominated

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. ''Harakahs current Managing Director is

Khairil Nizam Khirudin Khairil Nizam bin Khirudin ( ms, خيرالنظام بن خيرالدين, label=Jawi alphabet, Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset; born 16 October 1979) is a Malaysian people, Malaysian politician and engineer who has served as Dewan Negara, Senat ...

. Currently helmed by Wan Nordin Wan Yaakob who was appointed its editor-in-chief in 2015, its former editor-in-chiefs include Zulkifli Sulong, Suhaimi Taib and Ahmad Lutfi Othman. Its internet wing edition, Harakahdaily.net, is headed by Mohd Rashidi Hassan. One of the better known contributors to ''Harakah'' was

M. G. G. Pillai MGG Pillai (1939 – 28 April 2006) was a Malaysian journalist and political activist. He was one of the country's pioneers in Internet-based journalism and activism. His parents were immigrants from Kerala, India. His great maternal uncle, Thaka ...

, who coined the term "Darul Casino". He died in 2006. During the 52nd PAS Youth Muktamar which was held in November 2012, Nasrudin Hassan of PAS Youth demanded that the editorial line-up of the newspaper should be restructured and wants a committee to be set up to censor the editorial content of the newspaper and its online portal Harakahdaily. PAS Youth claims that the newspaper has lost its credibility and derailed from its own purpose. Nasrudin claims that it no longer carries the aspiration of the jamaah to propel the Islamic movement of the 21st century. PAS later accepted the resolution without debate.

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* 1987 establishments in Malaysia English-language newspapers published in Asia Malay-language newspapers Newspapers published in Malaysia Bilingual newspapers Newspapers established in 1987 {{Malaysia-newspaper-stub