Nik Aziz Nik Mat
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Tuan Guru Dato' Nik Aziz Nik Mat (born 1931 in Pulau Melaka, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia) is a Malaysian cleric and an opposition politician who said that non-Muslims have no place in Malaysian political scene and must not be allowed to vote as the Quran does not allow non-Muslims to hold authority over a Muslim.
He claims to an Ulema and he is Kelantan’s PAS Commissioner and the current Menteri Besar of the State of Kelantan.
He pursued his study majoring in Shari'ah (Islamic Law)at Egypt's Al-Azhar University. During the time of his study, he is one of the witnesses and a civilian to lived in the heat of Arab-Israeli wars. During his times since the younger days at the brink of Malaysian independence Day (31st August 1957) until the current administration of His Excellency Prime Minister Dato' Seri Abdullah Bin Ahmad Badawi, he is loved and well-respected by most rural Muslim people.
He also has a son who is currently detained under the Internal Security Act for heading the Islamist terrorist group Kumpulan Mujahideen Malaysia (KMM), which has links to the global Islamist terrorist network, Al-Qaeda.