Compulsion in Islam?

ART HARUNWith all due respect to Associate Professor Dr Ridhuan Tee Abdullah - a well known academic, ulamak and preacher in Malaysia - I must admit of being astounded by his remark at a forum…

An Open Proxy Shot?

By Lim Kit Siang Was Rahim Noor’s Perkasa speech warning of “a human rights wave” an open proxy shot in a battle of three Malaysian Prime Ministers about human rights not only in Malaysia but the…

#OccupyPenang 29.10.11

The spirit of #OccupyDataran & the global #Occupy Movement is spreading to Penang!In more than a thousand cities all over the world, from Madrid to New York, from Porto Alegre to Seoul, from…

The Assunta Hospital Dilemma

By a concerned malaysianThe Assunta hospital was founded by a group of missionaries from the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary in the year 1954. In the tradition of the catholic church it pioneered care…

A Mischievous and Irresponsible Claim

By N Surendran, Keadilan VPI refer to the statement by former Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir Mohamed that Malaysians should be granted human rights " only as far as we are able to" and that the…

A Deputy Premier from the Borneo States?

By Mohd Jefri RadiusTHE Book   “ The  Politics  of  Federalism  ” written by Bruce – Ross Larson published  way back in 1976  outlined  some description about the  political roles / contributions of…

Equating human rights movements to communism?

By Tony Pua Is disgraced former Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Rahim Noor’s equation of human rights movements to communism part of a concerted attempt to derail the Prime Minister’s “political…

Let the burnings begin!

In fact, fatwa (decrees) are also opinions. This is how the Mufti or Imam interprets the rulings. I am not saying they are wrong. They could be right. Nevertheless, they are still…

Who Will Bear Responsibility?

By Lim Kit Siang Who must bear responsibility for the deception and sleight-of-hand delaying tabling the 2010 Auditor-General’s reports on the annual and  continuing “horror of horrors” of government…