The 500 Most Influential Muslims 2009 : 42th - Tok Guru Nik Aziz
No. 42
Country: Malaysia
Date of Birth: 1931
Source of Influence:Administrative, Political,Scholarly
Influence: Spiritual leader of largest Islamic political party in Malaysia
School of Thought: Traditional Sunni
Dato ' Haji Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat
Religious Guide of the Islamic Party of Malaysia
Dato' Haji Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat is a Malaysian politician, an Islamic scholar and the current chief minister of the State of Kelantan. He holds the position of Mursyidul Am—the religious guide—within the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS).
Scholarly Influence over Malaysian Politics As the religious guide of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, Nik Mat is the spiritual leader of Malaysian Islamic politics and holds very important sway over the tenor of politics in the nation.
His advocacy of sharia law to be applied to all Malay Muslims has, however, drawn criticism, especially his suggestion that women would be at a lower risk of being raped if they abandoned wearing lipstick.
Political Importance in Malaysia
Nik Abdul Aziz's fundamentalist party has close to one million members and enjoys strong support from the northern rural and conservative states such as Kelantan and Terengganu. Nik Mat is the chief minister of the Kelantan state, the only one of Malaysia's thirteen states that is not ruled by the governing coalition.
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