(MMO) - This reaction has little to do with defending Islam. It was born of a desire to enact misogyny and tribal rage, masked by indignant righteousness.
Let us all have a round of applause…
The PAS election is another two months away but the battle for dominance in the party has been fierce and divisive with the ulama class openly campaigning to stay in the driver’s seat.
Joceline…
Our politicians prefer to play cat and mouse games, hinting at this or that but hardly ever talking straight.
TK Chua, Free Malaysia Today
I am just so irritated by Malaysian politicians.…
Raggie Jessy
Let me tell you a short story.
Once upon a rainy November, three dato’s rendezvoused in a cavern with heads held high and wizardry in check. They came together with pearls of…
Contrary to popular belief, backdating contracts is a common practice and does not always suggest wrongdoing as critics of 1MDB would like everyone to believe.
Lim Sian See
Folks have…
An analysis of state and federal powers on Islam and criminal justice
Shamsher Singh Thind, Free Malaysia Today
I once asked my students “How many states in Malaysia enforce Islamic criminal…
Dr Kua Kia Soong, SUARAM Adviser
In 1966 the United Nations declared 21 March to be the Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to commemorate those who had been killed on 21 March…
With evidence appearing on YouTube, the liberal party loses the right to criticise PAS
Scott Ng, Free Malaysia Today
My, my, my. What a tangled web we weave in Malaysian politics. We weave…
It appears that none of the mainstream political leaders can put us together. All of them seem to want a winner-take-all victory. They forget about the losing minority and how they will fare.…
(MMO) - To criticise them is to question Islam.
The tabling of the Shariah Criminal Code Enactment II 1993 (Amendment 2015) in the Kelantan State Assembly and any move to amend the Federal…
Tengku Razaleigh has conducted himself with grace and integrity, and his resume is above reproach
Scott Ng, Free Malaysia Today
The Kelantan prince has returned to the limelight. After a…
No doubt PAS is still in command of a large number of Malay votes and some Pakatan leaders are afraid of losing PAS and subsequently the chances of capturing Putrajaya. It is this that has made…
Is 1MDB even needed or relevant? Most of the projects and commercial deals undertaken by the company could have been distributed to the more established GLICs such as Khazanah Nasional, Permodalan…
If you need to use that much in such a short period of time, it denotes urgency, and that would lead me to deduce that 1MDB was in dire need of that RM600 million, and thus this “standby credit”…
P Ramakrishnan, Free Malaysia Today
MCA is flogging a dead horse by insisting DAP stop PAS from tabling the Syariah Criminal Code Enactment II 1993.
It is blaming DAP for this situation. It…
Much of what I write today is influenced by Raja Petra. In fact, it is he who taught me objectivity and rationality since 2009, in a manner of putting it.
Raggie Jessy
Well composed and…
Could it be that the Cabinet was not referred to on the purchase of this new jet?
Scott Ng, FMT
You’d think that the last thing Prime Minister Najib needs right now is another scandal,…
The issue is not PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang's contribution towards developing PAS today, but more about whether he is the best to lead PAS into the future with Pakatan Rakyat.…
So who concocted the narrations that violate human rights, contradict Quranic injunctions, violate reason, and slander the Prophet and his companions?
Fawad Ahmed, TMI
On February 3, 2015,…
It is very clear that JAWI is not interested in justice. So what is really behind JAWI’s agenda? Why is the taxpayers’ money and court time being used in this wasteful and cruel manner?
Azrul…
Who benefits the most if Mahathir is silenced? Who else in Umno or the government has the guts to demand for financial audit and forensic investigation on 1MDB if not Mahathir?
Fa Abdul, FMT…
There will also be a crisis in Barisan Nasional if Umno MPs give PAS their support in Parliament. The storm surrounding Kelantan’s hudud move may turn into a typhoon by then.
Joceline Tan, The…
(TMI) - Various parties have criticised the police for continuing to use Section 9(5) of the Peaceful Assembly Act (PAA), a law that the Appeals Court have deemed unconstitutional to arrest…
Umar Mukhtar
PM Najib Razak's counter-spin boys have been busy lately shooting the messenger and ignoring the message. The attacks on the credibility of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad have been…
The opposition has no direction without Anwar
Scott Ng, Free Malaysia Today
If the first week of Parliament’s current sitting was anything to go by, supporters of Malaysia’s opposition…
Umar Mukhtar
For many of us who spent our lifetime in the corporate world, when we see or smell the smoke we know there's a fire and we know it doesn't take much effort to follow the money…
(Today Online) - The party is likely to adopt stronger Malay nationalist and Islamist agendas going forward.
Dr Mohamed Nawab Mohamed Osman, coordinator of the Malaysia Programme at S…
Parties see nothing wrong with racialism and believe they are ‘practical and pragmatic’ in building a political culture along racial lines.
Zaid Ibrahim, The Star
IN Malaysia, racial and…
The case of a 14-year old who drank coffee laced with paraquat because he did not want to be traumatised by religious missionaries again.
Mariam Mokhtar, FMT
Muslim fundamentalism, if left…
Umar Mukhtar
Let me tell you a story. A true story no less. Anybody who wants to dispute it, please sue me.
There is a company with only a million ringgit paid-up capital supposedly own by…