A dream is about to come true for PAS which is pushing Parliament to give the nod to implement hudud law in Kelantan but its coalition partners are having nightmares about it. Joceline Tan, The…

PKR wants to make major decisions without fully consulting its partners, which could weaken its position within Pakatan Rakyat. Wan Saiful Wan Jan, The Star SOON after Datuk Seri Anwar…

As far as the constitution is concerned both are responsible and it makes no difference if Mahathir was indeed abroad. Aziz Bari, The Ant Daily The issue of responsibility for the Memali…

With the advent of urbanisation, both physical and mental, urban Malays like me, are constantly struggling to fend off those who would rob us of our identity while creating our own.  Mikhail…

The 1963 Malaysia Agreement is void ab initio; can the 1965 Singapore Separation Agreement further invalidate something that is clearly invalid in the first instance Vidal Yudin Weil, FMT…

Justin Ong, The Malay Mail Online On Wednesday, S. Deepa’s joy of winning custody of her two children from estranged husband Izwan Abdullah, a Muslim convert, just days earlier turned to terror…

Zurairi AR, The Malay Mail Online If our founding fathers were still alive, they would be mortified with how Islam — which they anointed as the religion of the federation — is being used as a…

Considering the almost spiritual hold that Anwar has on PKR, whichever of the three dreams captures the minds of PKR members and takes control, it is still the dream of the de facto leader that…

The postponement of the sending off ceremony of the pandas can been viewed in diplomatic fraternity as a "snub". Mohsin Abdullah, fz.com WHEN Chinese national Gao Huayun was kidnapped in…

We could do with some of our politicians emulating the political beliefs of the late Tony Benn, who was a strong advocate of ‘nationalisation’. Zaid Ibrahim, The Star ANTHONY Wedgwood Benn,…

Kee Thuan Chye So stupid! Think can bluff the people ah? The other day I read the Gahmen said it gave a contract to Konsortium Prohawk Sdn Bhd to build and maintain the Kuala Lumpur Women and…

Tunku Abidin Muhriz, The Malay Mail Online The prime minister’s comments supporting economic liberalisation in Asean at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ National Colloquium on Malaysia’s…

Dina Zaman, The Malay Mail Online The recent passing of activist Irene Fernandez was greeted with great sadness not just by activists but also the communities she worked with. “She did good,”…

Praba Ganesan, The Malay Mail Online “So are you trying to hurt your old party?” The quick lesson here is, if you are being recorded for a radio show, not to allow an old friend to be the…

The roots of extremism today, however, can be traced to ideas that began to appear in the eighteenth century in Arabia. The founder of Wahhabism, a particular orientation within Salafism, Muhammad…

It has always prided itself for that multiracial look.  Mohsin Abdullah, fz.com I REMEMBER reading a campaign flyer for the 1999 general election which said the BN is "forced" to combine…

(MM) - “Service” as a word must have been mistranslated by Dewan Bahasa. I mean where else do you know, where if you complain about poor service, you are likely to get “If you don't like it, go…

Jeyaseelen Anthony, The Malaysian Insider  Karpal Singh’s conviction for sedition recently has thrown Malaysia back into the days of the Court of Star Chambers in the 17th century where people…

The MH370 crisis has exposed the weaknesses of our public institutions and political leadership as nothing before it has done Narinder Singh, FMT The MH370 crisis will go down in history as…

(TMI) - DAP, or Democratic Action Party, is still seen by many as a political organisation with a lot of Chinese leaders and members. Therefore, it is often perceived as a Chinese party.…

Ex-Convent Girl It’s April 4th and even as the grim task of underwater searches begin for the black box of MH370, Anwar Ibrahim is chatting up reporters of The Telegraph UK and Sky News,…

It is unconstitutional to use Act 750, as it was passed and gazetted two months after the legal requirement had lapsed Zainal Ajamain, FMT The Emergency Proclamation which was lifted on Nov…

Melihat jiran membeli dua balang yang teramat sangat besar untuk menakung air menimbulkan persoalan di minda saya mengenai keberkesanan langkah kerajaan Selangor untuk mencatu air. Timmy Say,…

In 1976, Malaysia asked Australia to investigate the plane crash which killed then CM Fuad Stephens and his cabinet. The result was kept a secret. Myles Togoh, FMT In a curious twist to the…

Once we shot the targets, they would, so to speak, be scarred for life. Nobody would want to go near them again Kee Thuan Chye Last night, I dreamed I was a member of a firing squad. We…

The abduction of a Chinese national in the pristine Singamata Reef Resort, off Semporna, Sabah, couldn’t have happened at a worse time for Malaysia. Wong Chun Wai, The Star IT couldn’t have…

Umno MPs do not oppose Kelantan’s bid to table two private Bills to pave the way for hudud law in Kelantan. But can PAS secure the support of component partners DAP and PKR? Joceline Tan, The…

If the zealots are confused then it does not speak well for their faith. If they are not confused, then what gives them the right to presume that others will be confused, asks P Ramakrishnan. The…

Dr Abdul Aziz Bari, The Ant Daily OUTSPOKEN: A number of people have come up to me and questioned the privilege given to Sabah and Sarawak to retain immigration authority: they found it awkward…

Kee Thuan Chye  Some people are saying that from his helming the MH370 press conferences, Defence and Acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein appears to be prime minister material. I…