IT HAS been a year since Mr Khalid Samad, a liberal-minded Member of Parliament from Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS), visited a church in his constituency, but it is still being talked about. More than anything else, the visit epitomised the 'new' PAS.

Conservative Muslims will not usually enter a church, and Mr Khalid is from the most conservative Islamic party in Malaysia.

The visit occurred just after the opposition coalition Pakatan Rakyat won an unprecedented number of seats in the general election last year.

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