No one has asked the good doctor what kind of prime minister he would be satisfied with. Scott Ng, Free Malaysia Today I get the feeling that for a great portion of Mahathir Mohamad’s life,…

The Umno Youth leader seems as quiet as a mouse since last year's Umno general assembly. Scott Ng, Free Malaysia Today It seemed like 2014 was going to be Khairy Jamaluddin’s year. The…

Saya sering bermonolog, apakah saya kebetulan dilahir Islam atau saya sendiri yang mahukan Islam? Muhamad Mat Yakim, Sinar Harian UMUR saya 44 tahun. Pada usia ini, saya dihadapkan dengan…

Pakatan has missed a golden opportunity to make a fresh start with the new Sultan. Pakatan politicians had a controversial relationship with the late Sultan. They regarded him as one of the…

Izack Chin Eight years and six months since Altantuya was C4-ed to death mercilessly, the chronology of events from the discovery of her remains until today puzzles even excellent…

Umar Mukhtar First, of course, Lee Kuan Yew (LKY) was an intellectual giant. Lim Kit Siang (LKS) did not even lap at the former's feet. Second, LKS only knows how to ride Chinese chauvinism.…

Given the tension between PAS and DAP, it is Anwar's party that has to pick up his burden. Scott Ng, FMT It appears all avenues have been exhausted in the battle to see opposition leader…

It is easier for a devout Muslim to live in a liberal westernised society than it would be for a liberal Muslim to live in a religiously conservative society. Ishmael Lim, FMT The struggle…

A mature society is marked by its ability to accept, assimilate, and act upon criticism. Scott Ng, Free Malaysia Today It’s intriguing but disconcerting to follow the tribulations of Amos…

Umar Mukhtar It is obvious that with Pakatan Rakyat splitting up, PKR is in the boondocks. It is every political observers' knowledge that, first, PKR has no more than 50,000 card-carrying…

Actual acts of sedition (whatever they may be or determined to be, today or tomorrow) should not be confused with the possibility of plain bad reporting.  Azrul Mohd Khalib, MMO …

PM Najib said the government's tax revenue would increase by RM690 million following the implementation of GST. However, on March 23 this year, the finance ministry asked the Dewan Rakyat for…

Ravinder Singh, Malay Mail Online In calling on all 136 Muslim MPs to support his Hudud Bill, PAS president Datuk Seri Haji Abdul Hadi Awang is reported to have said that “it was not…

Just because newspapers have a particular political leaning, it does not mean they should be the mouthpiece of political parties. Wan Saiful Wan Jan, The Star AS soon as I landed in London…

Umar Mukhtar Cast aside the fog and you will admit that PR was born out of two push factors - the common hatred of BN's arrogant corrupt ways and the differing dreams that if BN is ousted your…

Every position is determined through intrigue and opportunities for others to show their leadership no longer exist. Rizuan Shamsudin, The Ant Daily “PAS ganti Umno” (PAS replacing Umno) was…

Did autocrat Lee Kuan Yew really need to lock up soft-spoken Dr Chia Thye Poh for 32 years? Kua Kia Soong, Free Malaysia Today What I appreciate most about LKY is his choice of the…

Sure, Barisan Nasional faltered a lot of times and 1MDB is just one out of many reasons why we could have rejected them. But PR, just don’t present themselves as a viable alternative government.…

Extremist groups are drawing support as their followers recognise that joining a democratic political process will bring them nothing. Zaid Ibrahim, The Star POLITICAL Islam is the term…

DAP is caught in a bind. It opposes hudud but it needs PAS and it cannot deny Kelantan's sovereign right to enact its own laws. Aspan Alias, Free Malaysia Today DAP has decided to ostracise…

PAS thought it could have its cake and eat it too by remaining in the PR coalition but still having its way on hudud through the support of other Muslim MPs. Scott Ng, FMT If statements by…

As a nation and as a society we are not indestructible. We have been tracing a delicate orbit of balance through the forces of chaos and order. Ishmael Lim, Free Malaysia Today Astronomers…

The current rift in PR over hudud shows all too clearly that a pact between secularists and Islamists was bound to end in disaster. TK Chua, Free Malaysia Today Please allow me to express my…

The future of Pakatan now hinges on PAS' party elections Scott Ng, Free Malaysia Today DAP’s official statement on the hudud issue is an interesting one. It seems like a few hours in a…

Umar Mukhtar What most Non-Muslim Malaysians are not fully aware of is that it is ingrained in the minds of Muslims that Islamic law, of which Hudud is a part of, is God's law which should be…

Kit Siang's bold idea of a coalition of moderates should have come long ago, but better now than never Scott Ng, Free Malaysia Today It’s amazing what people can come up with when their…

Would it be fair that a Muslim guilty of theft gets his hand amputated while a thief of another faith only gets a jail sentence? Is that just? Well, not even by Islamic justice or standards.…

We have yet to recover from our earlier follies with nationalism and Bahasa, yet we blithely continue making new ones with our current obsession on religion. M. Bakri Musa We Malays are…

PAS and its leaders have every right to adopt and enforce hudud to fulfil the majority wishes of their Muslim community. They have the majority in Kelantan and that's democracy, isn't it?  Ng…

Agreeing to disagree on a law that goes against our Federal Constitution was a mistake, and it provided PAS with an excuse that it could fall back on. Scott Ng, FMT In a recent article, I…