PARLIAMENT | Islamist party PAS may have been likened to the Taliban but Shahidan Kassim (Perikatan Nasional-Arau) said that “religious fanatic” PAS actually has a high tolerance for other religions.

As an example, he said PAS-ruled Kelantan has Malaysia’s longest reclining Buddha statue, Wat Phothivihan, at 40 metres.

“I am a fanatic of Islam. (Such) people are good because...