[1] 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".

[1] 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.

Nasrudin claims that it no longer carries the aspiration of the jamaah to propel the Islamic movement of the 21st century.

[4] On 16 June 2003, Harakah insulting Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad by depicting him with a pig-like snout in one of their cartoons.

[7] On 18 June, Harakah editor Zulkifli Sulong has apologised over the controversial cartoon published.