Yusof Rawa: Difference between revisions

Yusof subsequently attempted to increase the influence of the ''ulama'' within PAS,<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Matheson Hooker|first1=Virginia|last2=Norani Othman|title=Malaysia: Islam, society and politics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0W5t5lxigh8C&pg=PA208|year=2003|publisher=Institute of Southeast Asian Studies|isbn=981-230-161-5|page=208}}</ref> surrounding himself with ''ulama'' leaders such as [[Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat]] and [[Abdul Hadi Awang]].<ref name="blood">{{Cite journal|first=Farish|last=Noor|title=Blood, sweat and jihad: the radicalization of the political discourse of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) from 1982 onwards|journal=Contemporary Southeast Asia|publisher=1 August 2003}}</ref> The direction of his leadership of the party was seen as firmly Islamist:<ref>{{Cite book|last=Joseph Chinyong Liow|title=Piety and Politics: Islamism in Contemporary Malaysia|year=2009|publisher=Oxford University Press US|isbn=978-0-19-537708-8|page=75}}</ref> under his presidency, the party adopted an Islamic State as official policy, and proposed to limit the powers of Parliament to be subject to the oversight of an "Ulama Assembly".<ref name="blood"/> At the same time, he steered the party away from Malay nationalism and introduced significant changes to the party's internal structure. One change was to introduce the position of "Spiritual Leader", of which he was the first occupant.<ref name="blood"/> His leadership style has been described as "fiery and outspoken".<ref name="blood"/> He resigned in 1989 citing health reasons,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eWMmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IpADAAAAIBAJ&pg=2681,9302&dq=yusof-rawa&hl=en|title=Yusof Rawa to quit as Pas president|date=16 February 1989|work=[[New Straits Times]]|access-date=19 June 2010}}</ref> and was replaced by his deputy [[Fadzil Noor]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=87oTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hJADAAAAIBAJ&pg=7052,1060863&dq=yusof-rawa&hl=en|title=Change puts Pas leadership at the crossroads|last=A. Ghani Ismail|date=5 April 1989|work=[[New Straits Times]]|access-date=19 June 2010}}</ref> who set the party on a more moderate path.<ref>{{cite book|last=Liow|first=Joseph Chinyong|title=Piety and Politics: Islamism in Contemporary Malaysia|url=https://www.questia.com/read/121886648/piety-and-politics-islamism-in-contemporary-malaysia|year=2009|publisher=Oxford University Press|page=76}}{{dl|date=July 2021}}{{ISBN?}}</ref>

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