Appeal to reopen Chinese school

KUALA LUMPUR: United Chinese School Committees’ Association of Malaysia chairman Dr Yap Sin Tian is hopeful an announcement will be made soon on the re-opening of the old SJK (C) Damansara…

Khairy leaves it to party leadership

KUALA LUMPUR: Umno Youth deputy chief Khairy Jamaluddin will leave it to the leadership to decide whether he should stand as a candidate in the general election, adding that his nomination to contest…

“You know-lah”

The other day, I was waiting for a train, when this elderly couple came up and asked me if it was usual for trains here to be delayed. They looked Chinese Malaysian - and yet they didn’t sound…

Obama’s letter: FALSE

Dear Webmaster and Dr. Rahman,The letter posted on http://www.malaysia-today.net/2008/content/view/2145/46/ is actually a satire written by a popular Muslim blogger called Umar Lee. Umar has clarified…

No future in the past

During the time the Muslims ruled over Spain the Europeans learned Arabic and migrated to Spain in search of ‘Islamic’ knowledge. They absorbed everything they could get their hands on and…

DOES it matter what one calls God?

They are not the only ones. To this day, hundreds of thousands of Arab Christians call God 'Allah'. Arabic-speaking Jews do the same. There is no indication Arabic-speaking Muslims have been…

Keep the promises after elections

It is a fact of political life, not here, but every place where democratic elections are held, that the various parties woo the electorate soon before the elections in a very big way in a last-minute,…

Muslim leaders oppose ban

MUSLIM community leaders have spoken out against a school’s attempt to ban non-halal food from its canteen, calling the move a step backwards for the community.

Why so much bad news?

By Henrik R Clausen, Europe NewsYou may wonder, if you follow EuropeNews on a regular basis, why is there so much bad news about Islam? Well, so do I.