REAKSI PAS TERHADAP LAPORAN SURUHANJAYA REID DAN ISLAM SEBAGAI AGAMA PERSEKUTUAN DALAM PEMBENTUKAN PERLEMBAGAAN MERDEKA

Abstract

The formation of the Reid Commission in 1956 was a pivotal point for the formulation of the Federation of Malaya Constitution that led the country's independence on August 31, 1957. After recording the views of various parties and ethnic groups in Malaya, the Reid Commission wrote its report. However, after the Reid Commission Report was issued on February 21,1957, PAS, the Malay opposition party, strongly criticized the report. This article discusses the criticism of PAS on the report and examines the policies of the party before and at the beginning of independence. In accordance withthe policy of PAS to make Malaya as a Muslim country and a Malay nation, the party strongly criticized the status of Islam as proposed in the Reid Report and as stated in the Federal Constitution of 1957. This resistance continued after independence until the rise of disputes between PAS and UMNO due to differences in the interpretation of Islam and the weaknesses in the implementation of Islam in the country.