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	Nik Aziz Nik Mat - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Tuan Guru Dato' Haji Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat (born 1931 in Pulau Melaka, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia) is a Malaysian cleric and an opposition politician from Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS).
		Nik Adli also has been accused of colllusion with Thai Muslim separatists and terrorists, reportedly having been active in the procurement and movement of weapons and explosives across the Malaysia-Thailand border.
		Nik Aziz Nik Mat, 1931 births and Malaysian politicians.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Nik_Aziz_Nik_Mat (306 words)

	TheStar * Kumpulan Mujahideen Malaysia
		Nik Adli was said to have been elected leader by the KMM at a meeting of 12 members in Kampung Seri Aman, Puchong, in early 1999.
		Nik Adli, 34, was said to have been elected leader by the group at a meeting of 12 members in Kampung Seri Aman, Puchong, in early 1999.
		On claims by Kelantan Mentri Besar Datuk Nik Aziz Nik Mat that the arrest of KMM members under the ISA was politically motivated, the Deputy Prime Minister said the Government acted on KMM to uphold peace and security in the country.
	www.geocities.com /naulu67/thestar160801.htm?20055 (3728 words)

	H-Net* Farish Noor - Assay 2
		We were told, among other things, that Nik Aziz's words were taken out of context, that he was deliberately misquoted, that the ruling BN parties and the mainstream media were mainly focusing on the issue in order to slander PAS, that the whole affair was misunderstood by all.
		Nik Mat Alim also objected to the fact that his son was forced to wear short trousers to school when he was undergoing his primary (state) education.
		For Nik Aziz, religious education was a means to create a class of spiritually-inclined and knowledgeable leaders (alim ulama) who would safeguard the welfare and concerns of Muslims and see to it that the law of the Shariah would reign supreme in the land.
	www.mail-archive.com /hizb@hizbi.net/msg35264.html (2683 words)

	News Updates from June 2000 to the present (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Nik Aziz added that the opposition is at a disadvantage in the propaganda war.
		However, Nik Aziz refused to elaborate on the apparent rift in the opposition as demonstrated by its failure to agree on a single candidate to face BN in the state seat.
		Nik Aziz contended that the difference between Kedah’s state seat Lunas and Likas is the vastly different environments where campaigning took place.
	www.freeanwar.net /news012001/mk240701.htm (716 words)

	Malaysian National News Agency :: BERNAMA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Both Nik Aziz, who is PAS spiritual leader, and Harun have said that the other is confused in the matter.
		After his weekly sermon Friday, Nik Aziz said Mawi was a new personality who was the idol of youngsters, and similar to a preacher.
		Nik Aziz said the preaching of Islam through singing could be carried similar to the practice of "tasawuf" practitioners long ago.
	www.bernama.com /bernama/v3/printable.php?id=157010 (430 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Programmes \| From Our Own Correspondent \| The changing face of Malaysian politics
		But it is home to Nik Aziz Nik Mat, the elderly chief minister of the state of Kelantan and the spiritual leader of Malaysia's conservative Islamic opposition party PAS.
		Nik Aziz studied at the same religious school as all but one of the leaders of Afghanistan's Taleban.
		Nik Aziz embodies the deep-rooted gentility that is one of the defining characteristics of Malay culture.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/4841580.stm (1070 words)

	Biodata Tok Guru Nik Aziz Nik Mat
		The late Haji Nik Mat Alim was the founder for Pulau Melaka Islamic School or Sekolah pondok (hut type school).
		Haji Nik Mat really serious about his sons Islamic education and this is one of the factor that contributed to the style of leadership perform by Tok Guru Nik Aziz.
		As an emerging Islamic and transformational leader, Tok Guru Nik Aziz has cut off 40% of his salary to be given to the savings of Kelantan PAS (dia dah buat penjimatan sejak lama dulu dah..).
	www.fortunecity.com /boozers/lolos/213/biodatanikaziz.html (956 words)

	Nik Aziz's Son Arrested Under ISA
		Nik Adli Nik Abdul Aziz, 34, was detained at 10.30am at the Kelantan police headquarters in Kota Baharu.
		Nik Adli, a teacher and hostel warden at Sekolah Menengah Arab Darul Anwar in Pulau Melaka, made news two years ago for allegedly assaulting a student at the school.
		Nik Adli has been handed over to the Federal police here and Kelantan police is expected to give a press conference tomorrow.
	www.malaysia.net /lists/sangkancil/2001-08/msg00038.html (483 words)

	TIME Asia Print Page: The Politics of Islam -- March 10, 2003 / Vol. 161 No. 9 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Nik Aziz, however, wants what is a multiethnic, multireligious country to become a state governed by Islamic law.
		Twice a week, Nik Aziz joins the faithful for the day's final prayer at the spartan mosque he built next to his house and then sits cross-legged on a raised platform to give a lecture on Islam.
		Nik Aziz criticizes the government for not presenting evidence against his son in a formal trial and says the authorities are using the war against terror as a pretext to clamp down on political opposition.
	www.time.com /time/asia/magazine/printout/0,13675,501030310-428132-1,00.html (2794 words)

	Struggle on for souls of voters - World - www.theage.com.au
		Nik Aziz still lives beside a mosque and school he built, in a simple timber cottage painted in the emerald green livery of his party.
		Nik Aziz accuses the coalition of persecuting him by imprisoning a third of his 10 children on bogus allegations that he was part of a plot to overthrow the Government.
		Nik Adli has been jailed without trial for three years under the notorious Internal Security Act, and for the past fortnight has been on a hunger strike with about 10 other alleged militants.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/03/19/1079199420452.html (907 words)

	Nik Aziz Nik Mat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He has a son, Nik Adli Nik Aziz who is detained under the Malaysian Internal Security Act (ISA), which is an act that lock the accused (mostly opposition party members) up without any trial, for smuggling illegal immigrants into Malaysia.
		To date, there's still no evidence found on any of these accusations and Nik Adli is still imprisoned.
		He is generally respected as a positive and well-meaning political leader, but has drawn criticism for his expressed views on the necessity of unequivocal application of Islamic shariah law to all facets and levels of society of Muslims.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nik_Aziz_Nik_Mat (397 words)

	Ghafar Has Contributed Immensely, Says Nik Aziz :: Bernama.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		KOTA BAHARU, April 23 (Bernama) -- PAS spiritual leader Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat said that Tun Abdul Ghafar's deeds and contribution to the nation were immense for him personally and the people generally to remember.
		Nik Aziz, who is also Kelantan Menteri Besar, said that he had been thinking about the former deputy prime minister lately and he had received the sad news on Ghafar's death early this morning.
		Despite being a leader of the opposition party, Nik Aziz, like the other national leaders, acknowledged that Ghafar's death was a big loss to the nation.
	www.bernama.com /bernama/v3/news_lite.php?id=193292 (306 words)

	Welcome to Sisters In Islam Website - Justice, Equality, Democracy and Diversity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		If Haji Nik Aziz's claim that Islam forbids women being leaders is indeed correct it is tantamount to saying that the Prophet; the rightly-guided Caliphs, the other Companions and the Tabi'in all erred in following the advice, teachings and leadership of women.
		An approach that is prepared to punish and deprive one half of the population (women) for the wrong that may be committed by the other half (men) is as reprehensible and odious as it is shallow and illogical.
		Haji Nik Aziz's approach is simply rooted in and exaggerates the necessary social consequences of the biological differences between women and men.
	www.sistersinislam.org.my /Letterstoeditors/13011991.htm (1178 words)

	5 TIGERS : News, August 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		When advised that killing tigers would anger nature lovers, Nik Aziz said the priority should be on protecting the lives and livelihood of human beings.
		Nik Aziz said tigers caught alive and sent to zoos would cost the Government a large sum of money for their upkeep.
		Nik Aziz said the shoot-on-sight decision was made at a recent meeting of relevant authorities on the tiger threat, chaired by the District Officer of Jeli.
	www.savethetigerfund.org /news/2002/August/02_8_15w1.htm (289 words)

	Penjelasan TG Nik A Aziz diperlukan. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Religious teacher Nik Adli, 32, was picked up by police after the student complained that he had been beaten up at the school hostel for coming back late, The Sun newspaper said.
		Nik Adli has been released on bail for two weeks, the reports said.
		Nik Adli is the son of Parti Islam Semalaysia (PAS) leader Nik Aziz Nik Mat, a revered spiritual head who is also chief minister of Kelantan -- the only state ruled by the opposition.
	members.tripod.com /ris20205/_disc1/00000143.htm (229 words)

	A fight for the hearts and minds of Malaysia's Muslim majority \| csmonitor.com
		Aziz is the 70-year old leader of Malaysia's leading opposition party, the Pan-Malaysian Opposition Party (PAS).
		Though a tiny fraction of the total 193 seats, Aziz is expecting similar gains at the next national elections, which will be held sometime in the next two years.
		He has said women who wear short skirts or shirts that reveal their navel have only themselves to blame if they're raped, he doesn't think women should be allowed to work outside the home, and he favors government subsidies and aggressive programs to convert non-Muslims.
	www.csmonitor.com /2002/1030/p08s01-wosc.htm (1162 words)

	Islam Online- News Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Yet Nik Aziz Nik Mat complained during one of his Friday sermons that young women in Kelantan were dressed skimpily.
		Nik Aziz had been criticized heavily for making a string of other remarks, which were seen as uncouth and derogatory to Islam.
		Nik Aziz Nik Mat, respected for his qualities as a Muslim chief, has in more than one occasion urged his party not to deride the United Malay National Organization (UMNO) and its leaders who are also Muslims.
	www.islamonline.net /english/News/2002-07/10/article37.shtml (713 words)

	Pemimpin UMNO sambut baik seruan Nik Aziz
		Bagaimanapun, ada pemimpin UMNO yang merasakan bahawa Nik Aziz yang juga Menteri Besar Kelantan itu sepatutnya membuat gesaan itu lebih awal kerana gejala perpecahan orang Melayu sekarang begitu serius ekoran tindakan pemulauan tersebut.
		Muhammad menyatakan demikian ketika diminta mengulas kenyataan Nik Aziz yang menyeru ahli Pas berhenti memulaukan orang UMNO kerana ia merugikan Pas.
		Nik Aziz dilaporkan berkata, perbuatan pulau-memulau adalah tidak sejajar dengan Islam yang menghendaki umatnya sentiasa berdakwah.
	www.members.tripod.com /skypin/politik/pol85.html (233 words)

	Malaysia Today: MT-Photos: Tok Guru Nik Aziz's home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Datuk Nik Aziz is humble and down to earth but his 'show-example ' strategy might not work where 'money politic' culture here is obvious,what people want is good policy and economic development.
		In the case of Dato Nik he is the reverse,living as a typical kampong folk, in a modest house.
		Nik Aziz never ask anybody to follow his style of living.Yet it looks something extraordinary by most of us.Never he said that bigger and more comfortable house is forbidden.
	www.malaysia-today.net /fotos/2005/04/tok-guru-nik-azizs-home.htm (6800 words)

	LOCAL: Malaysian minister: 'Lipstick invites rape' - Unlinked dot Net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Nik Aziz Nik Mat, who is also chief minister in the state of Kelantan, was launching a moral awareness campaign aimed at the state's young people.
		In his speech last weekend, Mr Nik Aziz declared that wearing a headscarf was not enough to avoid arousing men.
		A spokesman for Mr Nik Aziz said he was stressing that everyone, men and women alike, had a responsibility to behave modestly.
	www.unlinked.net /forum/showthread.php?t=4177 (678 words)

	NEWS - STRANGE - Comcast.net
		The Islamic government of the northeastern state of Kelantan will hold a lullaby contest for wives singing their husbands to sleep, the state chief minister Nik Aziz Nik Mat announced Saturday.
		The contest was in line with singing allowed by Islam, said Nik Aziz, whose Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party governs Kelantan.
		Nik Aziz said the lullaby contest will strengthen family ties.
	www.comcast.net /news/strange/index.jsp?cat=STRANGE&fn=/2005/10/02/233125.html (199 words)

	Jihad Watch: Malaysian Islamic Leader Promises Heaven (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Lighting a torch under one of Malaysia's most volatile issues, the spiritual leader of the fundamentalist Islamic opposition said people who vote for it in upcoming elections will go to heaven and implied government supporters are destined for hell.
		Nik Aziz Nik Mat, a 72-year-old cleric held in high esteem by millions of ethnic Malay Muslims, was quoted in a newspaper report Saturday, days after election officials warned candidates not to bring religion into the campaign at the risk of disqualification.
		Anuar Bukhary, Nik Aziz's press secretary, told The Associated Press the quotes were accurate.
	www.jihadwatch.org /archives/2004/03/001081print.html (261 words)

	Selamat Datang ke Laman Web Sisters in Islam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Datuk Haji Nik Aziz Nik Mat's retrogressive comments on women, work and the family are causing much concern to us in the women's movement.
		While we agree with Datuk Nik Aziz that it is unfair and oppressive for women to bear the double burden of work and home responsibilities, we disagree with his analysis of this problem and his proposed solutions.
		Religious leaders like Datuk Nik Aziz play an important role in using their influence to promote the idea of shared parenting and to urge men to treat women as fellow human beings of equal worth.
	www.muslimtents.com /sistersinislam/Letterstoeditors/170399m.htm (1526 words)

	MCA : Commentary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Mentri Besar Datuk Nik Aziz Nik Mat has again indicated that women who wear “revealing clothes” should be blamed when they fall victim to sex crimes.
		Nik Aziz revealed that a dress code for Muslim and non-Muslim women in Kelantan was considered 10 years ago, an idea he still supports.
		If Nik Aziz also supports democracy, he should at least ask why his style of governance lost his party so many seats at the last general election.
	www.mca.org.my /story.asp?file=/articles/commentary/2005/3/38914.html&sec=Commentary (529 words)

	Women power in Malaysian politics
		Even before the Parliament was dissolved, the role of women was already thrust into the political limelight when Kelantan Menteri Besar and Pas leader Datuk Nik Aziz Nik Mat commented that beautiful women should be discouraged from being recruited in government departments.
		Needless to say, Nik Aziz's statement drew strong criticism from government leaders to the ordinary women on the street, who described the statement as "demeaning" and "belittling of women".
		This is not the first time Pas and Nik Aziz have gotten into trouble over their policies concerning women.
	www.angelfire.com /nh/saint1/election6.html (779 words)

	Focus Asia
		That’s a notion that PAS Spiritual leader and Chief Minister of Kelantan Nik Aziz Nik Mat rejects.
		Nik Aziz Nik Mat, Chief Minister of Kelantan says: "The best strategy for PAS is to explain the actual meaning of Islam to the Malays and non Malays.
		Nik Aziz Nik Mat says: "You can’t use the recent election as a yardstick, because it was just full of lies and tainted with deceit and manipulation.
	focusasia.startv.com /indepth.cfm?CLIP_DATE=20040523&CLIP_NO=1 (1251 words)

	Malaysian Islamic Leader Promises Heaven (phillyBurbs.com)
		Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's secular government claims the fundamentalists use Islam for political gain and foment extremism, while the opposition charges that UMNO is immoral and not Islamic enough.
		"I want to ask Nik Aziz, when is he going to heaven to see if those who voted for the party made it there?" Mahathir, 78, was quoted as saying by the national news agency, Bernama.
		Both Nik Aziz's Pan-Malaysia Islamic Party and Abdullah's United Malays National Organization compete for votes from ethnic Malay Muslims, who are about 60 percent of the country's 25 million population.
	www.buzztracker.org /2004/03/07/cache/98230.html (541 words)

	Brand New Malaysian: The Other Malaysia: Of mortal Ulama and belly buttons. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Aziz later studied at another traditional pondok school in Trengganu, that was run by Tuan Guru Haji Abbas of Besut.
		From this period, Nik Aziz began to lecture his followers and constituents about their religious as well as socio-political obligations.
		Nik Aziz to suit their own ideological ends instead.
	brandmalaysia.com /movabletype/archives/2005/03/the_other_malay.html (2826 words)

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