{youtube}dJU7jFa8QFE{/youtube}A live interactive programme exploring news stories from around the world relating to Islam and persecution.  Are religious freedoms at risk around the world and if so,…

 (The Malaysian Insider) - Former PAS vice-president Nasharudin Mat Isa had his PAS Syura Council membership revoked as part of disciplinary proceedings, Sinar Harian reported today.

 (The Star) - Dr Chua, however, cautioned that the positive development would come to a stop if Pakatan Rakyat's dream to make Johor its front line state came true. 

 (Free Malaysia Today) - Taslima Nasreen, a controversial writer has sent out a scathing twit about Malaysia's move to ban Vishwaroopam.

 Selvaraja SomiahDevelopment without corruption is an ideal situation in Malaysian politics. Corruption and development is, at a stretch, somewhat acceptable. But corruption without development is…

(The Star) - Pakatan Rakyat has no plan to submit its list of election candidates to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) for vetting.

The pre-condition for overseas Malaysians wanting to register as postal voters is comparative to similar clauses in Australia and Canada. (Bernama) - The new clause imposed by the Election Commission…

 It is a wonder why these parties, why after making such loud noises about the issue of illegal immigrants all these while they have not pursued or even clamoured for participation in the RCI…

 There is not much difference between Umno and PAS  Malaysians Must Know The Truth 

Boo Su-Lyn, The Malaysian Insider The federal Islamic authority’s sermon last Friday was not meant to incite hatred against the Christians but to remind Muslims of the sanctity of Islam, a Muslim…

 (The Economist) - LIKE much that moves in Twitter-mad Saudi Arabia these days, it started with a single message. A lady in Dammam, the hub of the oil industry on the kingdom’s Gulf coast, tweeted a…

Boo Su-Lyn, The Malaysian Insider Malay rights group Perkasa has suggested a roundtable discussion with local church leaders to explain its president’s recent threat to torch Malay-language Bibles.…

SV Often we hearOur people lamentWhat has happenedTo this countryIt was never like thisWhen we were young

Ponggal rice is 'bountiful" and different from raw rice. PM Najib gave away handouts of raw rice as if "we are beggars" and Indian political parties to blame. Toffee Rozario, FMT Prime Minister…

The raging ‘Allah” issue has left this writer wondering if Jakim and National Fatwah Council clerics who can both “see and read” are “blind”.  Vidal Yudin Weil, FMT When I was young, my teacher …

Nobody participated in the controversial Malay Bible-burning event schedued this morning in Penang.  Leven Woon, FMT Penang police chief Abdul Rahim Hanafi today described the contentious…

'Negative discussions' and comments will discourage witnesses who are yet to give evidence from coming forward, claims Upko.  Queville To, FMT A frazzled United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut…

In Islam, the word "Allah" is generic and one can choose to use 99 other names ... but the use of it by this "denomination of Malaysian Christians" for that one denotative-connotative word they are…

The controversy over the use of “Allah” by non-Muslims in Malaysia is one of the many tough issues that PAS has to deal with as a member of the Pakatan Rakyat opposition coalition which seeks to…

(Harakah) - Prominent blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin (pic) has chided Malaysians for being more quick in pointing fingers when things go wrong in the country, and urged them to see how they…

Boo Su-Lyn, The Malaysian Insider Non-Malays do not oppose pro-Bumiputera affirmative action as long as it is fair and transparent, Datuk Seri Najib Razak said yesterday.

Boo Su-Lyn, The Malaysian Insider Social media is both a boon and a bane for Umno as it caused Barisan Nasional (BN) to lose its customary two-thirds parliamentary majority in Election 2008, Datuk…

Clara Chooi, The Malaysian Insider Local clergymen are unhappy that federal Islamic authorities appear to be bent on “waging a war” between the country’s Muslims and Christians over the protracted…

Md Izwan, The Malaysian Insider Several PAS leaders have blasted Malaysia’s Islamic authorities for allegedly stoking religious hatred during yesterday’s Friday prayers for Muslim by calling…

Is the government taking in large number of foreign workers to fulfill a specific purpose? Otherwise why the increasing influx? Selena Tay, FMT Now it has been revealed that under the tenure of…

The country’s peace and stability is at stake but BN remains engrossed with its pet project BR1M and ways and means to stay in power. Jeswan Kaur, FMT Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin says…

Anwar Ibrahim's stand on the matter, says a PAS man, shows how much regard the former has for the Islamic party's religious credentials. Hawkeye, FMT BUKIT MERTAJAM: PAS grassroots are getting…

There was a certain kind of magic, innocence, and sincerity to foster a Malaysian identity, back then. It didn’t matter what race you were one could love to one’s heart’s content folks like these: P…

 On the second shelf were all the scriptures we owned: including the Bible and the Quran. And copies of various Hindu works. These were given pride of place and handled with great care.write2rest 

 Back in the Henry VIII days, the punishment for high treason was “hanged, drawn and quartered”. Convicts were fastened to a wooden panel, and drawn by horse to the place of execution, where they were…