Khalid Samad says ulamas not above criticisms

[...] He said the seminar shows the party was willing to accept criticisms and handle the criticisms positively.

Khalid stressed that if PAS wants to become a “mainstream” party then the leadership must be willing to accept criticisms.

“If you want to become the Prime Minister or whatever minister you must be willing to face the criticism, you can’t say that he is an ulama so you can’t criticise. Part of the thing is that we want to educate our members,” he told reporters outside the seminar hall in Taman Melewar here.

Khalid hopes the seminar will educate party members that nobody is immune from criticisms.

“As I said it is something new so you must expect there to be a mixed reaction. We are not used to having our ulama criticised but we are saying even the Prophet was criticised so it is the education that we have to undergo,” he said.- + selanjutnya

Khalid Samad says ulamas not above criticisms