Leven Woon, FMT
PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim should admit that he never protested against the highway toll concessions when he was in the government in the 1990s, said MCA vice president…
(Fz) - About 200 members and supporters of PAS and Muslim-rights NGOs marched today in support of a Bangladeshi opposition politician convicted of war crimes.
Jamaat-e-Islami chief Abdul Quader…
(MMO) - The Selangor Islamic Department’s (JAIS) plan to compel churches in the state to stop using “Allah” and other Arabic words would contravene constitutional guarantees on religion, faith…
V. Anbalagan, TMI
Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has gone to the Federal Court in his bid to disqualify Umno lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah from leading the prosecution team in the…
(Bernama) - The tough stand taken by the authorities on those behind the proposed rally on 31 December to overthrow the government has been welcomed by social and political analysts.
The…
(The Malay Mail) - A research arm of international business magazine The Economist has rated Malaysia as a low risk country in terms of social unrest, a finding some experts here agree with.…
(MM) - Stronger anti-conversion and proselytisation laws will let Putrajaya address Muslim apostasy and allow the Christian use of “Allah” to end a growing standoff over the Arabic word, former…
(The Star) - A 25-year-old man has been detained over seditious Facebook postings allegedly incited people to join the “Himpunan Guling Kerajaan” rally on New Year's Eve.
The man, whose…
(MM) - A legal ban on the non-Muslim use of “Allah” that is so far administrative could now force its way into the worship of Christians, as Selangor Islamic authorities seek out those they say…
(MM) - Herald Malaysia, the local Catholic Church’s news website, was disabled by attacks today on the heels of a strongly-worded statement from Archbishop Emeritus Tan Sri Murphy Pakiam urging…
(TMI) - Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (pic) said today that Putrajaya can increase its revenue by cutting costs instead of raising prices of necessities, despite needing a bigger amount annually to…
(MM) - Malaysia may fall into a similar financial crisis that plagued the US in 2007 if the federal government carries on with the unplanned sale of housing loans undertaken by its massive civil…
(Malay Mail) - Minister Khairy Jamaluddin reminded Malaysian Muslims today that they need not fear being turned apostate if their belief in Islam is strong, as cracks widen among the country’s…
(Harakah Daily) - Suspension on newsweekly The Heat and the arrest of movement against price hikes TURUN chairman Mohd Azan Safar shows BN government has hardly transformed despite launching…
The Heat newspaper. The group wants to push for the idea of journalists speaking in one voice and to show a united front.
(Malay Mail) - Concerned about the recent suspension of news weekly The…
Voters might decide to 'punish' Barisan Nasional at the ballot box if leaders do not tackle the issue of cost of living. – The Malaysian Insider pic, December 26, 2013
By Mohd Farhan Darwis and…
(TMI) - Archbishop emeritus Murphy Pakiam (pic) has urged Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to cement his own call for an end to Muslim-Christian hostility by withdrawing Putrajaya’s legal…
(Reuters) - The Egyptian government formally designated the Muslim Brotherhood on Wednesday as a terrorist organisation, accusing it of carrying out a suicide bomb attack on a police station that…
Sheridan Mahavera, TMI
Two leaders from Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Rakyat are set to co-write a book to prove that there is a middle ground in Malaysia’s often fractious politics.
Datuk…
(MM) - Perkasa has lashed out at Umno supreme council member Tan Sri Isa Samad, saying his comments on the vocal Malay NGO are “irresponsible”.
It also advised the Felda chairman to watch his…
(AFP) - Thousands of Christians are killed every year because of their faith and the persecution is becoming more widespread, Catholic observers said as Christmas celebrations are increasingly…
(Bernama) - The Christmas celebration in Malaysia portrays its own uniqueness as it carries a clear message of how important the spirit of tolerance is to maintain unity and harmony in the…
Muzliza Mustafa, The Malaysian Insider
It might be Christmas Day cheer across the world but Selangor Islamic Religious Department (Jais) officials are not feeling the festive occasion as they…
(CNA) - Malaysian authorities are on high alert as they prepare to crack down on anyone participating in a street rally calling for an overthrow of the government.
The protests are planned for…
(The Star) - The Malaysian Government needs to address the factors underlying illicit capital outflows urgently to improve both public and investor perception of the country’s economic management,…
(MM) - The Ministry of Finance today rubbished the allegation that national assets have been secretly liquidated to help Putrajaya achieve its announced deficit reduction targets, saying such…
Experts say the decision lies with all shareholders in the highway companies
Anisah Shukry, FMT
Experts have poured cold water on the Selangor government’s plans to reject the impending toll…
(The Ant Daily) - Some in pro-electoral reform movement Bersih and allied NGOs were up in arms recently when news reports quoted PAS deputy president Mohamad Sabu as declaring that Bersih 4.0 will…
MCA is delusional if it thinks it can stroll in under a new leadership and redeem its four cabinet positions without fuss
Pushparani Thilaganathan, FMT
Hours after a news report hit the…
(TMI) - Police arrested the leader of a group protesting against price hikes as part of a probe into an alleged plot to overthrow the Government this New Year's Eve.
Azan Safar, chairman of…