PETALING JAYA: Pakatan Harapan (PH) has rebuked PAS over its president Abdul Hadi Awang’s claim that even the most wicked Muslim ruler is less tyrannical than a non-Muslim.

PH secretary-general Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said it was wrong to judge justice and tyranny based on a person’s religion rather than their character, integrity, actions and responsibilities as a leader.

“Such a statement is deeply regrettable because it judges justice and tyranny based on a person’s religion, rather than on a leader’s character, integrity, actions and sense of responsibility,” he said in a statement today.

Saifuddin cited verse 8 of Surah al-Maidah, which calls on Muslims not to let hatred towards a particular group lead them to act unjustly.