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Hashim Jasin

Tuan Guru Haji
Hashim Jasin
4th Spiritual Leader of PAS
Assumed office
10 October 2016
Preceded by Haron Din
Member of the Perlis State Assembly
for Sanglang
In office
1999–2013
Preceded by Karim Salleh (BN)
Succeeded by Mohd Shukri (PAS)
Majority 333 (1999)
45 (2004)
149 (2008)
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Arau
In office
1998–1999
Preceded by Kamarudin Ahmad (BN)
Succeeded by Mastika Junaidah (BN)
Majority 1,323 (1998)
Personal details
Born Hashim bin Jasin
(1939-08-01) 1 August 1939 (age 77)
Changkat Jawi, Perlis, Unfederated Malay States
Citizenship Malaysian
Political party Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)
Alma mater University of Baghdad
Occupation Religious teacher
Civil Servant

Tuan Guru Haji Hashim Jasin is a Malaysian politician from 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. 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).

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 90’s, PAS joined forces with Semangat 46 led by Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, then teaming up with DAP & PKR to form Barisan Alternatif in 1998 and subsequently Pakatan Rakyat in 2008. Hashim stressed that PAS would like to take charge of the opposition pact, rather than follow.

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.

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.

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.


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