Religion and politics

As a non-Muslim, I ask, “Are we allowed to discuss how Islam affects our lives? Can this be made into an election issue? If so, are we fanning racial and religious hatred?”

Anak angkat PM pilih bakal calon?

SANDAKAN: Ketua Penerangan Umno Tan Sri Muhammad Muhd Taib menasihatkan anggota Umno supya tidak tertipu dengan muslihat golongan tertentu yang mendakwa mereka adalah `Anak Angkat' Perdana…

PM: Not during the festive period

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi on Thursday dismissed rumours of a dissolution of parliament during the Chinese New Year holidays.

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…