Kuala Lampur, Sept. 15 -- PAS president Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang has claimed that the "Malaysia Madani" slogan introduced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's unity government is nothing more than a tool to deceive the people.

In his keynote address at the party's 71st annual congress in Kedah today, Hadi announced this year's theme - "Returning to Islamic Solutions" - while lashing out at the Madani concept, according to a report published in Malaysiakini.

Hadi argued that the "Madani" idea mirrors the Western-influenced movement of haddathah (reform), which he equated with terms such as reformist, progressive, conservative, liberal Islam and secular Islam - all of which, he said, could mislead the faith.

"The true Madani is I...