Implementing hudud in modern times is not only unrealistic but will produce the opposite result of Islamic justice and fair play, say Lawyers for Liberty.
(Free Malaysia Today)- Lawyers for…
(Malay Mail Online) - Selangor residents opposed to the RM2.42 billion Kinrara-Damansara Expressway (Kidex) want Azmin Ali to explain why the controversial highway plan is still part of the state…
(Malay Mail Online) - Selangor Mentri Besar Azmin Ali today denied giving Syarikat Pengeluar Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Splash) “preferential treatment” by stalling the state’s water restructuring…
(Malay Mail Online) - Selangor Mentri Besar Azmin Ali defended Pakatan Rakyat (PR) colleague Lim Guan Eng today over the right of non-Muslims to use the word “Allah”, saying the Penang chief…
In Islamic jurisprudence, hudud covers crimes such as theft, robbery, adultery, rape and sodomy. Punishments for the crimes are severe, including amputation, flogging and death by stoning. …
"PAS is no longer "PAS for all" as was their slogan in last year's general election. It is now more conservative and too hardline for us. We will not hesitate to sever links with PAS to protect…
(Bernama) - PAS today hit out at the DAP, suggesting the latter leave the Pakatan Rakyat pact if it is uncomfortable with the PAS struggle to implement ‘hudud’ laws.
Kelantan Deputy Menteri…
On average, we have been losing US$39.49bn (RM138bn) yearly for the past 10 years. We now stand fifth on the list of 151 developing and emerging countries, behind China, Russia, Mexico and India,…
(The Malaysian Insider) - Business radio station BFM has been fined RM10,000 by regulators for airing an interview on Malaysia's "Allah" controversy with Iranian-American Muslim scholar Reza Azlan…
(National Express) - "A fish starts rotting from its head. Because we are the head here, we must take care of that integrity," Zahid said.
The police should stop being "in denial" about…
“Had the people rejected PAS during the last General Election, it would mean that they had rejected hudud.”
(Free Malaysia Today) - PAS, in a bizarre appeal on democratic grounds, has urged the…
(Bernama) - Making offending statements over the use of “Allah” by certain quarters, including non-Muslim politicians of late, can create tension in society, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s…
He says PAS has breached the Pakatan consensus that any new measures on hudud would first be discussed in the Leadership Council.
(Free Malaysia Today) - PAS caught DAP and PKR leaders by…
James Sivalingam, Free Malaysia Today
DAP Central Executive Committee (CEC) member Gobind Singh Deo was blunt when he told PAS that its insistence in implementing ‘hudud’ law would jeopardise…
(NST) - Pas central committee member Nik Mohamad Abduh Nik Abdul Aziz has likened DAP to the police in a Facebook posting today.
The son of Pas spiritual adviser Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat…
Lawyers say Penang CM was merely quoting trite law that clearly states fatwas do not apply to non-Muslims.
(Free Malaysia Today) - Despite admonishment from Home Minister Zahid Hamidi that the…
(Malay Mail Online) - PAS’s bid to implement Islamic penal law in Kelantan is full of obstacles including constitutional safeguards that prevent it from doing so, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said…
(Malay Mail Online) - Home Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (pic) took a swipe at Perkasa’s Tan Sri Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman today for not speaking up on government corruption while in…
(Malay Mail Online) - Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim denied today claims he was seeking cheap publicity, saying he had played an active role in inter-religious dialogues long before he…
(MMO) - “In our relationship with PAS, there is this 5% that we disagree with. Yet we keep harping on it even when 95% of the time we are on the same page.”
As DAP takes steps to be more…
(The Star) - IT HAS been more than six years since the Pakatan-led government has been in office in Selangor and among their local reform promises to voters was to reintroduce local council…
(Malay Mail Online) - The DAP unanimously resolved today to state its objection to the implementation of hudud laws anywhere in the country, saying it has never been a part of Pakatan Rakyat’s…
(Malay Mail Online) - Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng was chided for considering himself as the ‘head of Islamic affairs for the state’ by declaring non-Muslims can use the word ‘Allah’.…
(Malay Mail Online) - The Kelantan government will hold a special sitting of the State Legislative Assembly this December 29 to table and pass amendments to the Kelantan Syariah Criminal Code II,…
Musliza Mustafa, The Malaysian Insider
Without mincing his words, former Election Commission chairman Tan Sri Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman today told Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to stop…
(Malay Mail Online) - Perkasa today announced a formal alliance with an Indonesian right-wing group Laskar Merah Putih (Red and White soldiers), the same group that courted controversy years…
Sheridan Mahavera, The Malaysian Insider
A Perak DAP leader has castigated certain Pakatan Rakyat (PR) leaders whom he said were obstacles to the pact’s unity, saying such individuals should…
"Think about it, how many votes will we lose if they (PAS) remain in Pakatan,” he said.
(The Star) - Kesidang assemblyman, Chin Chun Siong while debating the policy speech at the DAP National…
Johor DAP delegate says the poor economic and educational standards among Malays in Johor is a ploy of UMNO’s to control them.
Neesha Sangara, Free Malaysia Today
DAP Johor Vice-Chairman,…
(Malay Mail Online) - Lim Kit Siang should not interfere in the religious affairs of others, especially in Islam which is enshrined in the Federal Constitution as the religion of the federation, a…