Mujahid Yusof Rawa ( Jawi: مجاهد بن يوسف; born 25 October 1964), is a

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who served as the

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in charge of Religious Affairs in the

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(PH) administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad from July 2018 to the collapse of the PH administration in February 2020. He has served as the

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(MP) for Parit Buntar since March 2008. He is a member of the National Trust Party (AMANAH), a component party of the PH opposition coalition and was a member of the

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), a component party of the ruling

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(PN) coalition and formerly

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(PR) coalition. Mujahid is the son of former president of PAS, Yusof Rawa and has a PhD in political science. Rawa being a progressive party leader has spoken of transforming PAS, an Islamic party, into a multi-racial party. But he together with a few other progressive leaders referred as G18 was ousted at the 2015 PAS Muktamar and has launched

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(GHB) that founded the new AMANAH party later in 2015. Mujahid made his debut contesting the parliamentary seat of Jasin, Malacca in the 1999 general election but lost. In the 2004 general election he stood but was defeated for the Tasek Gelugor constituency in Penang. Mujahid was elected to Parliament in the 2008 general election, winning the seat of Parit Buntar in Perak. During the 2013 general election, he won and reelected as the candidate of PAS of the

(PR) opposition coalition. In 2018 general election, he retained the seat as AMANAH candidate with

coalition. Subsequently, on 2 July 2018, he was appointed as

for Religious Affairs. In 2019, he was criticised by Western media for his support for

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anti-extremism policies. On 26 June 2019, on a 7-day visit to Xinjiang as Malaysia's Religious Affairs Minister, he confirmed in a Facebook post that the camps were indeed vocational and training institutions. The next day, on 27 June, he made a speech at the Beijing Foreign Studies University in which he said "false news in China about Muslims being oppressed could trigger a wave of sympathy to the oppressed and affect relationships".

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MY-PEN Order of the Defender of State - Officer - DSPN

Officer of the

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(DSPN) – Dato' (2012) * : ** MY-MAL Exalted Order of Malacca

Grand Commander of the Order of Malacca (DGSM) – Datuk Seri (2018)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mujahid Yusof Rawa Living people 1964 births People from Penang Malaysian people of Malay descent Malaysian people of Minangkabau descent Malaysian Muslims National Trust Party (Malaysia) politicians Malaysian Islamic Party politicians Members of the Dewan Rakyat Government ministers of Malaysia University of Putra Malaysia alumni 21st-century Malaysian politicians

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