February 29, 2008
Source: The Ottawa Citizen
Wire Service: Reuters
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=cf5cfada-0bb2-459e-8546-7e12e1646dd4&k=86330
Malaysia's hardline Islamist party PAS is known for advocating a theocratic Islamic state, but that isn't stopping a non-Muslim woman from running as a PAS candidate in next month's elections.
Kumutha Rahman, a 29-year-old Hindu, is standing in a mainly Malay Muslim constituency in southern Malaysia, becoming the first ever non-Muslim candidate running on a Parti Islam se-Malaysia's (PAS) ticket.