Najib’s options with Allah

COMMENTATOR Manjit Bhathia is right to say that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak "is starting to look every bit as useless as his predecessor, (Tun) Abdullah Ahmad Badawi."By Wong Chin Huat (The…

Ter-ror-ism

If you look it up in the dictionary, this is what it says about terrorism:~noun 1. the use of violence and threat to intimidate or coerce, esp. for political purposes.By G. Krishnan

Stones hurled at Sentul Sikh temple

(The Malaysian Insider) - A sliding glass door to the entrance of a Sikh Temple in Sentul here was found cracked late yesterday by a barrage of stones, making it the first non-Christian house of…

Praying for peace is not enough!

Malaysians must demand that the churches are constantly kept safe and the government must also ensured that the police force will not come up with lame excuses that they are short handed to do the…

Do Not Drop The A Word From The Bible

First, we do not negotiate with terrorists. Second, accepting that the Malaysian version of Islam having the absolute rights to the A word is a violation of the human rights of Christians in Malaysia…

Timeline 2009 (part 3)

Now that the brouhaha on the church attacks has quietened down a bit, let us continue with our flashbacks on the significant events of 2009. March was a significant month because that was when the…

“Allah” issue: Who started it?

LEST we forget, the source of the Allah controversy that resulted in churches, and a Catholic school, being torched and threatened did not begin on the streets. It did not begin with narrow-minded and…

A Cold Look At The State Of Malaysia Today

At a time when tempers are rising and we are being treated to a rather crude and vulgar display of verbal pyrotechnics and hammy acting on the part of pundits and politicians alike, it would pay to…

Correcting the IGP

ARSONISTS attacked eight churches between 8 and 11 Jan 2010 all over Malaysia — something unheard of in the country's history. And yet, on 9 Jan, Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Musa Hassan…

‘Under Control’

The home minister says “we’ve got it under control.” I’m sure this comes at great relief to all of us. I’m reminded of other occasions, which have been also as reassuring to me as this current…

Hypocrisy and religion

Sometimes I can’t help but wonder why the people within the government insist on being there when they themselves don’t understand laws. And the saddest case of all is when the person in power is…

Regretful bigotry and intolerance

The past one year has seen and witnessed happenings that do not bring cheer to our hearts. If anything, it has been a year of disappointments and disillusions.By P Ramakrishnan (President, Aliran)