Harakah (newspaper)

{{Short description|Malaysian newspaper owned by Malaysian Islamic Party}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = Harakah<br />الحركه | logo = | image = Harakah.jpg | image_size = 170px | caption = | type = Weekly newspaper | format = Tabloid | founded = March 1987<ref name="ruling">{{cite news |title=GOVT RULING ON PAS PAPER Sales will fall, says Harakah editor |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes20000102-1.2.31.3 |work=The Straits Times |agency=The Star (Malaysia) |date=2 January 2000}}</ref> | ceased_publication = | price = | owners = Malaysian Islamic Party | political_position = | publisher = | language = Malay | editor = | staff_writers = | circulation = | headquarters = 28 Jalan Pahang Barat,<br>off Jalan Pahang, 53000 Kuala Lumpur<ref>{{cite web |title=Hubungi |url=https://harakahdaily.net/index.php/hubungi/ |website=Harakahdaily |access-date=3 January 2025}}</ref> | ISSN = | oclc = 233144421 | website = {{URL|https://harakahdaily.net/}} | free = }} {{Conservatism in Malaysia|Media}} '''''Harakah''''' (Arabic: {{script|Arab|الحركه}}, {{lit|Motion}}) is a newspaper founded in 1987 and published by ''Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)''. In addition to using the Malay language, the paper includes an 8-page English language pullout consisting of pages and columns written in English called the ''English Section''. A page in Jawi writing was introduced in 2007. Articles from ''Harakah'' are also available through its own website, Harakahdaily.net.

== Overview == ''Harakah'''s current Managing Director is Khairil Nizam Khirudin. Currently helmed by Wan Nordin Wan Yaakob who was appointed its editor-in-chief in 2015, its former editor-in-chiefs include Zulkifli Sulong, Suhaimi Taib and Ahmad Lutfi Othman. Its internet wing edition, Harakahdaily.net, is headed by Mohd Rashidi Hassan. One of the better known contributors to ''Harakah'' was M. G. G. Pillai, who coined the term "Darul Casino". He died in 2006.

==History== Harakah began as a weekly in March 1987 with 15,000 copies. By September 1998, it was "bi-weekly" and had a circulation of 75,000 copies. In December 1998, it had a "claimed" circulation of 340,000 copies.<ref name="ruling"/>

In January 2000, it had a circulation of 368,000 copies but was planned to be reduced to 100,000 for two months to comply with "the Home Ministry's ruling on its distribution".<ref name="ruling"/>

During the 52nd PAS Youth Muktamar which was held in November 2012, Nasrudin Hassan of PAS Youth demanded that the editorial line-up of the newspaper should be restructured and wants a committee to be set up to censor the editorial content of the newspaper and its online portal Harakahdaily. PAS Youth claims that the newspaper has lost its credibility and derailed from its own purpose. Nasrudin claims that it no longer carries the aspiration of the jamaah to propel the Islamic movement of the 21st century.<ref>{{cite news|last=Habibu|first=Sira|title=PAS Youth demands Harakah revamp|url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/11/15/nation/20121115110557&sec=nation|accessdate=15 November 2012|newspaper=thestar.com.my|date=15 November 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121116082935/http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2012%2F11%2F15%2Fnation%2F20121115110557&sec=nation|archivedate=16 November 2012}}</ref> PAS later accepted the resolution without debate.<ref>{{cite news|title=Resolution to revamp Harakah adopted|url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/11/18/nation/12337287&sec=nation|accessdate=18 November 2012|newspaper=thestar.com.my|date=18 November 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121123020616/http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2012%2F11%2F18%2Fnation%2F12337287&sec=nation|archivedate=23 November 2012}}</ref>

==Controversy== On 16 June 2003, ''Harakah'' insulting Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad by depicting him with a pig-like snout in one of their cartoons.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2003-06-18 |title=Apa salah Dr Mahathir? |url=https://www.klik.com.my/item/story/2124305/apa-salah-dr-mahathir- |access-date= |website=Berita Harian |language=ms}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2003-06-18 |title=KDN tidak harus maafkan kesalahan Harakah hina PM |url=https://www.klik.com.my/item/story/2122505/kdn-tidak-harus-maafkan-kesalahan-harakah-hina-pm |access-date= |website=Berita Harian |language=ms}}</ref> Government MPs protested Harakah for insulting Mahathir.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2003-06-17 |title=Protest against Harakah for insulting Dr M |url=https://www.klik.com.my/item/story/1412111/protest-against-harakah-for-insulting-dr-m |access-date= |website=New Straits Times}}</ref> On 18 June, ''Harakah'' editor Zulkifli Sulong has apologised over the controversial cartoon published.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2003-06-18 |title=Harakah says sorry for cartoon |url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2003/06/18/harakah-says-sorry-for-cartoon |access-date= |website=The Star |language=en}}</ref> Mahathir said the Government would not take action against ''Harakah''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2003-06-19 |title=PM: Government will not revoke Harakah's publishing permit |url=https://www.klik.com.my/item/story/1411198/pm-government-will-not-revoke-harakah-s-publishing-permit |access-date= |website=New Straits Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2003-06-19 |title=No action against Harakah |url=https://www.klik.com.my/item/story/3968442/no-action-against-harakah |access-date= |website=The Malay Mail}}</ref>

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== External links == * {{Official website|https://harakahdaily.net/ }}

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