The formation of the Reid Commission in 1956 was a pivotal point for the formulation of the Federation of Malaya Constitution that led the country's independence on August 31, 1957. After recording the views of various parties and ethnic groups in Malaya, the Reid Commission wrote its report. However, after the Reid Commission Report was issued on February 21,1957, PAS, the Malay opposition party, strongly criticized the report. This article discusses the criticism of PAS on the report and examines the policies of the party before and at the beginning of independence. In accordance with the policy of PAS to make Malaya as a Muslim country and a Malay nation, the party strongly criticized the status of Islam as proposed in the Reid Report and as stated in the Federal Constitution of 1957. This resistance continued after independence until the rise of disputes between PAS and UMNO due to differences in the interpretation of Islam and the weaknesses in the implementation of Islam in the country. Pengenalan Perbicangan mengenai reaksi dan kritikan PAS terhadap Laporan Suruhanjaya Reid bertujuan untuk memahami faktor-faktor penolakan PAS terhadap Laporan Reid yang dianggap merugikan orang Melayu.

This article examine the position of the Malays in the administration PengenalanKemaraan penguasaan British di negeri-negeri Melayu utara pada awal abad ke-20 mempunyai motif tersirat yang sememangnya dirancang rapi. Motif tersebut lebih didorong oleh perkembangan politik serantau

The term "Old Malaya" refers to the Malay states of the eastern coast of the Peninsular (Kedah, Perlis, Kelantan and Terengganu) and the "New Malaya" to the states on the west coast (Perak, Negeri Sembilan, Selangor and Pahang)