Hashim Jasin

Hashim bin Jasin is a Malaysian politician from Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS). He is appointed as the Spiritual Leader of Syura Council replacing the late Tuan Guru Datuk Dr. Haron Din following Dr Haron’s death in San Francisco, United States due to heart complications.[1] In 1998, he was elected as Member of Parliament for Arau in a by-election, and was state assemblyman for Sanglang (1999-2013), and Perlis PAS commissioner (1991-2013).[2]

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Hashim Jasin

DPSJ
4th Spiritual Leader of Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)
Assumed office
10 October 2016
Preceded byHaron Din
Member of the Perlis State Assembly
for Sanglang
In office
1999–2013
Preceded byKarim Salleh (BN)
Succeeded byMohd Shukri (PAS)
Majority333 (1999)
45 (2004)
149 (2008)
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Arau
In office
1998–1999
Preceded byKamarudin Ahmad (BN)
Succeeded byMastika Junaidah (BN)
Majority1,323 (1998)
Personal details
Born
Hashim bin Jasin

(1939-08-01) 1 August 1939
Changkat Jawi, Perlis, Unfederated Malay States
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyPAS
Alma materUniversity of Baghdad
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionReligious teacher

Education
  • Sekolah Melayu Jelampuk
  • Sekolah Alawiyah, Arau
  • University of Baghdad, Iraq (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 government 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 Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, then teaming up with Democratic Action Party (DAP) & People's Justice Party (PKR) to form Barisan Alternatif (BA) in 1998 and subsequently Pakatan Rakyat (PR) in 2008. Hashim stressed that PAS would like to take charge of the opposition pact, rather than follow.[3]

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

On February 6, 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 Barisan Nasional (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.[4]

Controversy

In 2013, when Hashim Jasin was the then Perlis PAS commissioner, it was exposed that he owned a Porsche Cayman. 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.[5]

In 2016, Hashim Jasin said that PAS unlikely to receive RM90 million, since he is driving a Proton Saga 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.[6]

Honour

References
  1. "Hashim Jasin appointed PAS spiritual leader".
  2. "Hashim Jasin all ready for duty as PAS new spiritual leader".
  3. "Hashim: We will not work with others to topple Najib".
  4. "Better to be with Umno than with 'anti-Islam' DAP".
  5. "Hashim: Porsche Cayman milik anak saya".
  6. "Hashim: I drive a Proton Saga, PAS leader refutes RM90m claim".
  7. "Sultan Kedah dahului senarai penerima darjah Raja Perlis" (in Malay). Berita Harian. 17 July 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
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