Haron Din

This is a Malay name; the name Din is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Haron.
Yang Berbahagia Tuan Guru Dato' Dr.
Haron Din
Spiritual Leader of PAS
Assumed office
11 March 2014
Preceded by Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat
Personal details
Born (1940-08-18) 18 August 1940
Bohor Mali, Simpang Empat, Perlis, British Malaya (now Malaysia)
Political party Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)
Relations Hassan Din (brothers)
Children Nurul Huda Haron
Parents Lebai Din
Occupation Politician
Religion Sunni Islam

Tuan Guru Dato' Dr. Haron Din (Jawi: هراون بن دين; born on 18 August 1940) is the spiritual leader of the Pan Malaysian Islamic Party.

Education

Career

Politics

Controversies

Allah word issue

This particular issue tests the consensus of the ulema based party. Their top leaders for the likes of Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat and Abdul Hadi Awang, was rooting for the word to be used by Malaysian Catholics in their Malay version of the Bible. Haron Din however, opposed this idea by saying that it is an abomination for permitting such action. This caused a split in PAS as Haron Din was deemed as a prominent Islamic scholar.[1] Haron Din stated that he did not agree to allow non-Muslim to use the word Allah.[2]

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia: P3 Arau, Perlis[3][4]
Year Opposition Votes Pct Government Votes Pct Independent Votes Pct Spoilt votes Pct Ballots cast Turnout
2004 Haron Din (PAS) 14,124 44.10% Syed Razlan Syed Putra Jamalullail (UMNO) 17,367 54.23% 533 1.66% 32,024 84.23%
2008 Haron Din (PAS) 16,151 48.27% Ismail Kassim (UMNO) 16,451 49.17% 586 1.75% 33,458 83.4%
2013 Haron Din (PAS) 18,005 46.84% Shahidan Kassim (UMNO) 19,376 50.41% Zainudin Yom 406 1.06% 525 1.37% 38,439 87.60%

Other references

References

  1. Joceline Tan. "In the spotlight again over ‘Allah’ issue", The Star, Kuala Lumpur, 10 January 2013. Retrieved on 25 March 2013.
  2. SIRA HABIBU. "Haron: I’ll never agree to allow non-Muslims use 'Allah'", The Star, Kuala Lumpur, 10 January 2010. Retrieved on 25 March 2013.
  3. "Malaysia Decides 2013". Malaysiakini. Retrieved 14 April 2013. Results only available from the 2004 election.
  4. "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum - Parlimen 2013" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
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