Mariam Mokhtar, The Ant Daily Malaysia is at a crossroads and if we make the wrong turn, we may never recover. As our leaders wrangle with one another about implementing hudud, the rakyat are…

Lim Sue Goan, Sin Chew Daily The hudud law has caused a spate of panic among the public and finger pointing among Chinese-majority political parties. Meanwhile an extremist has issued a…

write2rest Once, I thought the waiter in a Dutch restaurant was telling me the “house special” was mice-fed chicken. I found the idea detestable. I couldn’t believe there were chickens which ate…

We see time wasted on entertaining groups out to destroy each other in a Malaysia we all care for. We ought to be teaching each other to see life as a gift and to create a ‘state of peace’ in…

Joceline Tan, The Star The political intrigue in the PKR election has deepened with Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim being pressured to pull out of the race for the PKR deputy…

Selena Tay, FMT ‘Pakatan split inevitable, says Zahid’ – that was one of the stories carried in one of our local English dailies dated May 6, 2014. Much has been talked about the health of…

It looks like hudud is slowly getting its foot in. Victor Wong, The Ant Daily PAS has expressed its intention to table a Private Member’s Bill in Parliament next month to pave the way for…

The bill is going to put the religiosity of the Muslim MPs to test. Some of them are already readying their script to defend and justify their decision.  Khoo Kay Peng, The Ant Daily PAS’…

Liberal Muslims are badly infected by the muddled thoughts of some western theologians. Syed Ahmad Israa’ Syed Ibrahim, FMT It is amazing how the universe had been teaching us so many things…

Azmi Anshar, NST ONE year on, the opposition axis’ can’t exorcise the devil possessing them – the illogic that they should have had a coronation to Putrajaya after winning 50.87 per cent of…

Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed “Zaman di mana kerajaan sudah mengetahui segalanya sudah berakhir dan kita perlu mendengar apa yang dimahukan rakyat”, itu adalah antara ungkapan yang sering kita…

History is replete with examples of the dangers of giving religious authorities too much power over society. Martin Vengadesan, The Star I HAVE just been reading an article in the Jakarta…

Is it Islam who is insulted, or could it just be a weak, over-sensitive you? Dr. Kamal Amzan, MMO Islam has so many “protectors” today. As if under an imminent threat, we have new NGOs…

I want to tell what those committed to oppose hudud legislation in Malaysia, how to go about it.  Praba Ganesan, Malay Mail Online Let’s get down to it. Single issue advocacy is not new, but…

Any attempt to further pursue each other's claim invariably results in more animosity. Dzulkefly Ahmad, fz.com THIS article is a tribute to a man who fought for justice unflinchingly. He…

Rama Ramanathan, Malay Mail Online The Bible, in the books of Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Kings, and Joshua, urges execution by stoning for offences including blasphemy; cursing the king;…

Mahsa Amiri, The Malaysian Insider The discussion on Friday, May 2, on hudud in Malaysia at the Chinese Assembly Hall remained in the past of the last week but the waves of excitement are still…

Kua Kia Soong After lionizing the tiger of Jelutong as the paragon of democracy, the worst thing we can do to his legacy is to associate him with nepotism. His rather naïve biographer may…

I'm not a big fan of all your houses, as in all those religious places of worship. They're not where You live. It's more like they're the places where faith goes to die. Erna Mahyuni, MM…

Why does Umno now appear more receptive to Pas’ attempt to push through private members’ bills on the hudud? Francis Lohdiscusses the backdrop. Francis Loh, ALIRAN The Kelantan state…

Syed Umar Ariff, NST THE PKR electoral official who forgot to bring a stack of ballot papers for the Tenom division election in Sabah must have knocked his head silly or woke up on the wrong…

Incumbent looks unstoppable as his lead over his two rivals widens in the race to retain the PKR deputy presidency. Joceline Tan, The Star PERMATANG Pauh was the centre of attention for PKR…

Wong Chin Huat, The Malaysian Insider To the disappointment of many, the hudud issue dominates Malaysian politics a year after the 13th General Election (GE13), threatening to break up the…

Syahredzan Johan, The Star MUCH has been written about hudud. Many have pointed out that to implement hudud, or at least hudud as proposed by PAS to be carried out in Kelantan on Muslims, would…

The water crisis may well be the beginning of the end of the Pakatan Rakyat coalition in Selangor Narinder Singh, Free Malaysia Today Water, the basic necessity of all living organisms has…

Darren Nah, The Malaysian Insider “Can a people be allowed to rule themselves according to their own customs?” This fundamental question strikes at the heart of how Kelantan defends its move to…

Zurairi AR, Malay Mail Online Seeing the thousands of protesters thronging the historic Dataran Merdeka on May Day, you would have thought that Malaysians had come in force to speak up against…

It is simply wrong for anyone to suggest that non-Muslims have no right to debate on the hudud issue on the basis that they do not understand Islamic laws. Wong Chun Wai, The Star ONE of the…

Lim Sue Goen, Sin Chew Daily After the 2008 general elections, Malaysians still had something to expect from the emerging two--party system, but with the 2013 general elections now almost a…

Original Title: The Defence of Insanity under Malaysian Law and the problems with the current position. I delivered this talk at the recent Death Penalty roundtable seminar held on 4 April 2014 in…