Hashim bin Jasin is a

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politician from the

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(PAS), a component party of the

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(PN) coalition. He has served as the 4th Spiritual Leader of PAS since October 2016 after the death of his predecessor

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in September 2016 and its State Commissioner of

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from 1991 to 2013. Besides, he served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Arau after his victory in the 1998 Arau by-election to the 1999 general election in November 1999 and Member of the

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(MLA) for

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from November 1999 to the 2013 General election in May 2013.

Education

* Sekolah Melayu Jelampuk * Sekolah Alawiyah, Arau *

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(Bachelor's degree of Arabic Literature and Islamic Law)

Political career

PAS stance on opposition pact

On 20 October 2016, Hashim Jasin emphasized that the Islamist party PAS will not collaborate with other political parties to topple the current Prime Minister Najib Razak’s

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as this would not benefit him or the party. He mentioned that previous attempts in the past had proven failed. In the early 1990s, PAS joined forces with Parti Melayu Semangat 46 (S46) led by

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, then teaming up with

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(DAP) &

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(PKR) to form

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(BA) in 1998 and subsequently

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(PR) in 2008. Hashim stressed that PAS would like to take charge of the opposition pact, rather than follow.

Better to be with Umno than with ‘anti-Islam’ DAP'

On 6 February 2017, PAS top leader Hashim Jasin said the party will choose ‘oppressive’ Umno over ‘anti-Islam’ DAP anytime. He said PAS was cooperating with Umno and

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(BN) because the Malay-based party can still be relied on compared to other “anti-Islam” parties. He said PAS’ approach was in line with the “mature politics” advocated by Prophet Muhammad.

Controversy

In 2013, when Hashim Jasin was the then Perlis PAS commissioner, it was exposed that he owned a

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. He explained that the car was belongs to his son which was bought with approximate price RM100,000 from England using the Approved Permit which was reserved to him as a state assemblyman. In 2016, Hashim Jasin said that PAS unlikely to receive RM90 million, since he is driving a

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and lives in a home worth only RM60,000. He said that if PAS had RM100 million, he could have even built three swimming pools.

Honour

* : **

MY-PERL Order of Prince Syed Sirajuddin Jamalullail of Perlis - Knight Commander - DPSJ

Knight Commander of the

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(DPSJ) – Dato' (2018)

References

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