PAS (Parti Islam se Malaysia): Tribulasi Sepanjang Perjuangan

Abstract

ABSTRAKSI: PAS (Parti Islam se Malaysia) merupakan parti tertua di Malaysia. Ia merupakan sebuah parti politik yang didominasi oleh orang Melayu beragama Islam. Dalam proses perjuangannya, ia telah melalui pelbagai tribulasi dan cabaran seperti krisis kepimpinan dan krisis keyakinan masyarakat umum untuk memahami prinsip dan strategi politik mereka. Adakalanya menimbulkan pelbagai polemik dalam masyarakat seperti isu pendekatan politik, isu perpecahan dalaman dan krisis kepimpinan parti, serta keyakinan rakyat. Kesemua ini menimbulkan persoalan besar tentang sokongan masyarakat Malaysia terhadap parti PAS. Justeru itu, makalah ini berusaha mengkaji, menyingkap, dan menjelaskan persoalan yang diperkatakan. Dengan merujuk sumber primer seperti dokumen rasmi parti dan sumber sekunder untuk menguatkan hujah dan penjelasan, dokumen-dokumen berkenaan dianalisis. Akhirnya, makalah ini dapat menjelaskan kepada pembaca tentang tribulasi dan cabaran yang dihadapi di sepanjang perjalanan PAS, sejak sebelum merdeka hingga alaf baru abad 21.

KATA KUNCI: Politik; Krisis Kepimpinan; Pakatan Rakyat; Tahlul Siyasi dan Perpecahan. 

ABSTRACT: “PAS (Malaysian Islamic Party): Tribulations Throughout the Struggle”. PAS is the oldest party in Malaysia. It is a political party dominated by Muslim Malays. In the process of its struggle, it has gone through various tribulations and challenges such as a leadership crisis and a crisis of confidence in the general public to understand their political principles and strategies. Sometimes, it causes various polemics in society such as the issue of political approach, the issue of internal division and the crisis of party leadership as well as the confidence of the people. All of this raises big questions about the support of the Malaysian community for the PAS party. Therefore, this paper tries to study, uncover and explain the issues discussed. By referring to primary sources such as official party documents and secondary sources to strengthen arguments and explanations. These documents are analyzed. Finally, this paper can explain to the reader about the tribulations and challenges faced along the journey of PAS, from before independence to the new millennium of the 21st century.

KEY WORD: Politics; Leadership Crisis; People Coalition; Political Leadership and Division.

 

About the Authors: Prof. Emeritus Dr. Ishak Saat ialah Pensyarah di UNIMEL (Universiti Islam Melaka), Malaysia; Prof. Madya Dr. Ahmad Zainuddin Husin ialah Pensyarah di Jabatan Sejarah FSK UPSI (Fakulti Sains Kemanusiaan, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris), Tanjong Malim, Perak, Malaysia; dan Prof. Madya Mohd Kasri Saidon, Ph.D. ialah Pensyarah dan Pengarah Muzium UUM (Universiti Utara Malaysia) Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia. Alamat emel penulis: ishaksaat1964@gmail.com, zainuddin_husin@fsk.upsi.edu.my, dan kasri@uum@edu.my

Suggested Citation: Saat, Ishak, Ahmad Zainuddin Husin & Mohd Kasri Saidon. (2026). “PAS (Parti Islam se Malaysia): Tribulasi Sepanjang Perjuangan” in INSANCITA: Journal of Islamic Studies in Indonesia and Southeast Asia, Volume 11(2), August, pp.29-56. Bandung, West Java, Indonesia: Minda Masagi Suci Foundation and ASPENSI, with ISSN 2443-1776 (print) and ISSN 2657-0491 (online).

Article Timeline: Accepted (May 22, 2026); Revised (July 10, 2026); and Published (August 17, 2026).