Ex-prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s former aide, Marzuki Mohamad, said the rekindling of Umno-PAS ties has led to the two traditional rivals ‘manufacturing’ a common enemy in DAP. (Facebook pic)PETALING JAYA : A former aide to ex-prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin has criticised PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang for labelling DAP as an enemy of Islam, warning that this is taking the country on an unhealthy trajectory. “While political critique of the DAP is entirely legitimate – and something I engage in frequently – demonising the party and its supporters as enemies of Islam is a dangerous escalatory tactic. Marzuki pointed out that Umno and PAS, the country’s two largest Malay-Muslim parties, were engaged in a bitter “Islamisation race” in the 1970s and 1980s. “Today, these former archnemeses have refashioned themselves as ‘frenemies’ under the banner of Malay-Muslim unity,” Marzuki said, referring to Umno and PAS.