PAS agreed to meet with Dr Mahathir Mohamad due to many shared common grounds now, despite the former premier's past wrongs against the party, said Abdul Hadi Awang.
Taking to Facebook, the PAS president revealed that the meeting with Mahathir was to discuss Malay unity, among others.
"Although he (Mahathir) had wronged PAS, there are many common grounds that must be taken into account, to unite and fulfil shared duties in Islam.
"Among the discussions was how it’s a must for Malay Muslims to unite as Malaysia's majority original residents and a majority in the multicultural society," said Hadi, who described Mahathir as an experienced statesperson.
Hadi said there is a need to distinguish and explain differences between how Islam embraces nationalism as a concept according to God's rules and its role in society, and how it is actually practised today as an ideology.
Hadi's statement follows media reports of the meeting where he, together with several other PAS leaders, signed Mahathir's "Malay People's Proclamation" - a document which urged Malays to unite to "save" their race.
The Malay People's Proclamation is a 12-point document which claimed that Malays never controlled the economy and have "lost" political control.
It goes on to state that the Malay race has to be "revived" and "saved" by uniting Malays by putting aside their political differences.
In the past, Mahathir had criticised PAS' approach to politics as being divisive of the Malay community. - Mkini
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