New blog

Commencing from today, we are using this new blog. You can still access the archived items up to Monday, 17 December 2007, in http://www.m2day.org/

All that crap

THE CORRIDORS OF POWERRaja Petra KamarudinYes, while the HINDRAF, PEKIDA and DAMAI MALAYSIA brouhaha kept us distracted, a crime boss is quietly released on the personal instruction of the…

Heal thyself

We three million opposition voters have done our job. Let the rest of the 12 million voters do theirs as well. Why should we three million opposition voters, the Agong and the Rulers carry the blame…

Losing the plot

THE CORRIDORS OF POWERRaja Petra KamarudinUmno cannot be brought down, at least not from the outside. That’s what 50 years of Umno rule has taught us. Actually it is 52 years if you consider the…

Melayu mudah lupa

Raja Petra KamarudinHow many of you remember KAL007. No, I am not talking about one of those James Bond movies if that is what you are thinking. Still don’t remember? I thought many of you would…

To know you is to love you

Raja Petra KamarudinThe Malays say, if you love your wife then leave her, and if you love your children then beat them. In Bahasa Malaysia this would be: kalau saying isteri ditinggal-tinggalkan dan…

Selling religion for money

Raja Petra KamarudinOne of the religious leaders (mufti) of a certain state in Malaysia has condemned men who allow their wives to become the breadwinner of the family while they, the husbands, stay…

BBC: The final line of resistance

Raja Petra KamarudinI remember back in the old days when there were three opposition fronts or lines of resistance. The first was of course the opposition parties. Next was Umno Youth, a party within…

Turning over a new leaf

Raja Petra KamarudinReferring to Anwar Ibrahim, Zainur Zakaria (one of Anwar’s lawyers) said the ex-deputy premier had also claimed to have been helpless to make changes while in government.“But look,…

Umno’s bullshit!

Raja Petra KamarudinAll Umno Youth members have been urged to fly the Umno flag to mark the party’s 60th anniversary on May 11, said the news report in one of the mainstream newspapers.Umno Youth…

Flip-flop, flip-flop, flip-flop

Raja Petra KamarudinMahathir's ex-aide criticises the official explanation for scrapping of the project By Carolyn HongThe Straits Times (Singapore) 26 April 2006The Malaysian Foreign Ministry has…

Old politicians never fade away

Raja Petra Kamarudin“Mahathir’s attacks fuel talk of comeback,” said Leslie Lopez in the Singapore Straits Times on 26 April 2006. Well, I got news for you Leslie. Dr Mahathir never left. He may have…

Dakwah through love

Raja Petra KamarudinWhy does Malaysia Today carry so many articles on Islam? In fact, many such articles are personally written by me. Simple; because Islam cannot be separated from Malaysian…

A crisis of credibility

Raja Petra KamarudinLet there be no misunderstanding about this. Politics is about the attainment of power, plain and simple. If anyone tells you otherwise, then he or she is either a bad politician…

In search of Islam

Raja Petra KamarudinI am 55 going on 56, so, understandably, much water has passed under the bridge in my journey through life (and much water have I retained around my belly as well.... sigh....).…

The mark of a true reformist

Raja Petra KamarudinThere are just so many reformists. Almost every country has at least one. Some are still living. Most died a long time ago. Some have been reduced to legends and we no longer know…

You reap what you sow

Raja Petra KamarudinHi Raja,My uncle has posed this question and I have tried to seek your past write-ups on this which I cannot seem to find.1] What damage have Osama and his extremist followers done…

There’s no future in the past

Raja Petra KamarudinParti Keadilan Rakyat, or keADILan for short, celebrated its anniversary a few days ago. It was seven years old on 4th April 2006. Conspicuously absent from the birthday…

Power perceived, power wielded

Raja Petra KamarudinI remember reading -- it was many years ago, I think in The Star -- about a foreign dignitary wanting to meet the First Prime Minister and Bapa Merdeka (Father of Independence),…