The ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition faces a crucial electoral test next month in Terengganu where the dominant United Malays National Organisation (Umno), will square off against the opposition…

DAP and PAS squabble over Husam's hudud statement

(The Star) - The Perak Government has defended its decision to offer freehold titles to new and planned villages.

When the New Order administration came to power in 1968, not one Islamic party felt it was necessary to develop the idea of an Islamic state. Bahtiar Effendy, The Jakarta Post

THE Treasury Department says it has provided an additional $4.7 billion (S$6.82 billion) to 92 banks as part of the government's $700 billion rescue of the financial system.

NEW US data on Tuesday showed more woes gripping the troubled housing sector and confirmed the economy is shrinking, as the IMF's top economist warned of a possible second Great Depression.

US GDP shrank an unrevised 0.5 per cent in 3rd quarter Reuters/U.Mich consumer survey 60.1 in Dec vs 55.3 Existing home sales down record 8.6 per cent in November

Leader's push for Islamic laws meant to unite warring factions, say insiders By…

(Sin Chew Daily) Change, seems to be an irresistible trend in the world, particularly after Barack Obama was elected the first African-American President of the United States.

By DHARMENDER SINGH (The Star)SHAH ALAM: The Selangor government has picked a 49-year-old former group managing director of a realty development consultancy firm, Othman Omar, as the new general…

By Adib Zalkapli (The Malaysian Insider)PUTRAJAYA, Dec 23 — The federal government has put a damper on Perak's Pakatan Rakyat government's plan to award freehold titles to villagers in…

By Mansor PutehIt was good for Husam to bring out the issue of Hudud Laws at a time like this when the public had been distracted by other issues for a while. But it could only happen at the prodding…

By Pat Lu, Co-Founder, Pahlawan VolunteersAs the year comes to an end and as we prepare for the new year, let us as Malaysians, individually and collectively,…

30 years ago, I was 19! That was a lifetime ago. I was young, carefree, naive and never even knew about the I.S.A.This was my prayer, written on 23 November 1978:

(The Economic Times) - In the United States, half a million jobs evaporated last month, over 1.2 million were lost in the last three months. Businesses are closing down every day. Banks are afraid to…

(The Electric New Paper) - A FORMER legal eagle has been named as Barisan Nasional's candidate in next month's Kuala Terengganu by-election

By Philip Bowring, International Herald TribuneChina, almost as much as the U.S., may hold the key to whether the global recession leads to a vicious cycle of protectionism and contracting trade.

WITH sales falling off the cliff and production halted at all 30 of its US plants for a month, Chrysler is on a money-losing streak without a definite end in sight.

OIL prices tumbled below $40 (S$57.91) a barrel on Monday as reports from manufacturers like Toyota and Caterpillar pointed to a worsening global economic climate and serious deterioration in energy…

NEW Zealand's economy contracted by its biggest amount in eight years as the recession deepened in the third quarter, backing the case for more central bank rate cuts to cushion the impact of the…

By Leslie Lau The Malaysian InsiderKelantan Umno will lobby the federal government to allow the Islamist party Pas to introduce hudud law, which prescribes stoning, whipping and amputation as…

Exclusive with imam Feisal Abdul Rauf What exactly is a fatwa?By Shanon Shah, The Nut Graph

"Iya kita akan laksanakan (hudud) tetapi kalau saudara ikhlas nak perjuangkan hudud saudara bawa dalam perhimpunan agung Umno," begitu kira-kira balas Husam disambut sorakan dan tepukan…

Mohamed Hanipa Maidin, HARAKAHApabila Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (ISA) disokong oleh Presiden Persatuan Pengguna Islam, Dato Dr Ma'mor Osman (Harakah, 8/12/2008), saya hanya boleh mengucapkan…

(Hrkh) - Ahli Majlis Pimpinan Tertinggi (MPT) KeADILan, Badrul Hisham Shaharin mendakwa bahawa laporan rasuah terhadap Setiausaha Politik Dato' Seri Najib Tun Razak yang diserahkan kepada Badan…

(Malaysiakini) - Beberapa pemimpin Umno tempatan berbelah bahagi berhubung peluang calon BN Datuk Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh menang dalam pilihanraya kecil Kuala Terengganu, bulan depan.

"The Pas machinery is ready to tackle a range of issues affecting the rakyat, such as high prices of essential goods despite lower petrol prices and a host of local issues, like the staging of…

By David Yeow & Audrey Dermawan, NSTThe DAP and Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) are firmly against Pas' plan to implement the hudud if Pakatan Rakyat forms the Federal Government.

The Child Act, 2001 defines ‘child’ to be anyone below the age of 18 years. Section 31(1)(a) of that Act makes it an offence if any person who, being a person having the care of a child,…

By Royce Cheah, The StarAt least 4,749 workers, mostly from the electronics sector, will be retrenched by 137 employers in the next three months, Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam said.…