Malaysia's dominant Islamist party, PAS, has severed political ties with its former ally Bersatu, creating significant internal conflict within the country's main opposition bloc ahead of key elections. The decision was announced by PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang.

Malaysia’s most powerful Islamist party has cut ties with a former electoral ally, blowing open a bitter feud within the country’s main opposition bloc as several key elections loom. Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) president Abdul Hadi Awang announced late on Monday that the party’s central working committee had decided to “terminate political cooperation with Bersatu”, endorsing an earlier decision by its Syura Council, the party’s highest religious decision-making body. The partnership had.....