Amin Iskandar, The Malaysian Insider The debate over Malaysia’s Islamic nation status has been described as a “branding” quarrel by popular cleric Prof Datuk Dr Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin, who said a…

Clara Chooi, The Malaysian Insider The RM40 million “political donation” to Sabah Umno at the centre of a controversy involving Chief Minister Datuk Musa Aman was remitted into the personal bank…

(Malaysian Digest) - Walaupun memegang status parti yang berjuang atas dasar Islam, ulama tersohor negara, Prof Madya Datuk Dr Asri Zainul Abidin semalam menyuarakan kerisauan sekiranya PAS…

(The Star) - MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek has hit out at Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim for equating PAS with Islam.

No government can last in the state for fortnight if it does not have calibre Malay candidates, says Penang Malay Congress. Hawkeye, FMT GEORGE TOWN: The fielding of Malays as DAP candidates in…

Sekitar Dewan RakyatMenteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri Senator Mejar Jeneral (B), Datuk Sri Jamil Khir Baharom juga menolak cadangan untuk meminda Akta Pencegahan Jenayah 1959. K Pragalath K…

Once again, hudud is becoming a hotly debated topic. But what is hudud exactly and are we ready for it? But let’s make this clear: contrary to belief made popular by MCA and other uninformed members…

PKR has dimissed the allegation by a former Cabinet minister that Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim had approved banking licences to non-Malay banking groups.  Teoh El Sen, FMT PKR has come to the…

Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) panelist seeks RM50million in defamation suit against Sabah singer-activist Atama and a social activist. (FMT) - KOTA KINABALU: Former state attorney-general…

(The Sun Daily) - Federal opposition party DAP will allow its candidates to concurrently contest two seats – state and parliamentary – if the situation calls for it.

(Bernama) - Kedah Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Azizan Abdul Razak broke his silence Tuesday over allegations of losses incurred by a state-owned company in a project in Papua New Guinea, and seemed to…

The Kinabatangan MP urges the government to stop Syed Mokhtar from monopolising business in the country and get someone to replace Bank Negara governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz. G Vinod, FMT Kinabatangan MP…

But the former premier is vague if he objected to MCA's move to exploit the issue to gain Chinese votes. Syed Jaymal Zahiid, FMT Dr Mahathir Mohamad said he detested the ongoing politicisation of the…

Lee Wei Lian, The Malaysian InsiderTun Dr Mahathir Mohamad was inspired by Germany’s past policy of limiting Jewish financial influence to help the Malays but it was later thwarted by Datuk Seri…

  Unless MCA, MIC, Gerakan and all those 10 or so other ‘non-Malay’ parties in Barisan Nasional come out to openly deny this, we will have to assume that this is true. There is such a thing as…

A new Islamist strongman has taken the stage in North Africa. His rising power is giving him a lot of bad ideas.Ag Ghali has already begun to realize his dream of imposing sharia law. Music, TV, and…

(Bernama) - Wanita Umno chief Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalilopenly declares her support for Datuk Raja Nong Chik Raja Zainal Abidin as the Lembah Pantai Barisan Nasional candidate in the coming…

(Harakah) - Dalam nada yang marah dan kesal, Angkatan Belia Islam Malaysia (Abim) mendesak kerajaan mengambil tindakan ke atas Presiden MCA, Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek.

Zulkifli Sulong, HarakahPAS akan bertanding 29 atau 30 dari 56 kerusi Dewan Undangan Negeri Johor dalam pilihan raya umum akan datang ini.

(The Jakarta Post) - JAKARTA - A new survey published on Sunday revealed that intolerance of minorities is growing, with the highest level of hostility directed at the gay and lesbian community.

Gerakan challenges Penang CM to enact an anti-hudud legislation to show DAP's firm stance against it Athi Shankar, FMT Instead of mooting an anti-hopping law, the Penang Pakatan Rakyat government was…

Just because the Federal Constitution does not have the word ‘secular’ does not mean that Malaysia is not a secular state. — Civil liberties lawyer Syahredzan Johan Debra Chong and Ida Lim, The…

Syed Ali said leaders need to have a ‘clean heart’ to develop the Malay community.Lee Wei Lian, The Malaysian InsiderThe Malay economic agenda failed to achieve its objectives due to corruption and…

Mohd Farhan Darwis, The Malaysian Insider  Putrajaya hari ini mempertahankan memberi kebenaran kepada tayangan filem  kontroversi “Tanda Putera”, yang memaparkan insiden rusuhan kaum 13 Mei, dengan…

The renegade PAS MP queried the Home Ministry on what is being done to monitor these NGOs, in an apparent posture against Suaram. Patrick Lee, FMT Suaram it seems, not only has opponents within…

Suhakam's reports have never been debated in Parliament, leading to the perception that the human rights commission is a 'toothless tiger'. But the minister wants this to change. Patrick Lee, FMT…

Radio Free Sarawak is taking on BN's massive artilleries of RTM, TV3 and Astro NJOY in the fight for the hearts and minds of the rural people. Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) president James Masing…

While DAP insists Malaysia is a secular state, PKR says it is a non-issue while PAS says the matter is best debated when the political climate is more 'free'. G Vinod, FMT Pakatan Rakyat MPs are…

Sekitar Dewan RakyatKerajaan yakin filem itu tidak akan menimbulkan kontroversi kerana generasi muda sudah matang. K Pragalath, FMT Timbalan Menteri Penerangan Komunikasi dan Kebudayaan Datuk Maglin…

What did Musa Hassan know, and when did he know it, and did he intend to tell it?The mystery “hasn’t made much, if any, impact as yet on the Malaysian scene,” a veteran political observer in Kuala…