A “normal person” has more experience of life and can understand better the people’s problems. Such a person wouldn’t just pray for those problems to go away, but would instead do something about…

They appear to have been hijacked by politicians who use them as a means of demonstrating the strength of their support. Scott Ng, Free Malaysia Today Rallies and demonstrations were once…

Umar Mukhtar The conspicuous absence of Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin at the Division Heads meeting with Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak spoke louder than words. No matter what spin or counter-spin were…

What is your idea of patriotism? And how narrow-minded do you have to be to believe that your concept is better than ours? Micha Chan, FMT It isn’t enough that university students have to…

The Prime Minister's display of strength is nothing but sound and fury Scott Ng, Free Malaysia Today Our Prime Minister is fond indeed of lurid displays. Every event is “special”,…

Zurairi AR, Malay Mail Online Around a week ago, a linkbait website published an article with a headline that puts the name “Mahathir” in the same sentence as the word “badass.”…

Koon Yew Yin, Malay Mail Online My advice to PAS conservative and “ulama” oriented or Umno-friendly members is that if you desert the coalition — whether on the hudud or other issues — and if…

Jimmy Adit, The Ant Daily When Selangor Menteri Besar Mohamed Azmin Ali called for a halt to labelling PKR as a West Malaysian political party, he probably did not realise that he was on raw…

Let's not make a wrong choice simply because we think we owe Anwar our loyalty. Fa Abdul, Free Malaysia Today “Izzah best candidate for opposition leader” said one of the top stories I read…

If you don’t want someone trying to convert you, you too don’t try to convert someone.  Ravinder Singh, MMO So Isma has admitted that the giving of free Qurans is a proselytisation project,…

Mike Tan, The Ant Daily They hate us, they love us. We’re affectionately called Apek, Uncle, Auntie and Ah Moi by our friends, and cursed as pendatang by those who revile us. Most recently,…

There is this one question that need to be answered now: if Pakatan Rakyat (PR) were to secure enough parliamentary seats come 2018 to form a federal government, who then from PR would be the…

Generally, you can buy a piece of land at above market prices and an Auditor will just certify that you actually did, whether it was a fair price or not is not their business. Because of the…

While you seem to have no control over Hadi, you know too damn well that Wan Azizah needs you now more than ever. It is precisely for this reason that you zeroed in on PAS rather than attacking…

Umar Mukhtar The more the Najib administration is going about its irresponsible ways, the more Umno feels compelled to defend it. Instead of correcting Najib to govern in a way that placates…

Jika Nabi Muhammad datang dari negara China, maka Al-Quran pun akan dalam bahasa Cina dan orang Islam akan memberi salam dalam bahasa Cina. Farouk A Peru, TMI Terkejut saya bulan lepas…

Lokman Mustafa, The Ant Daily Whilst studying in a boarding school near the fishing village of Sura Hujung, Dungun in the late 1980s, I first got to know about Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) as…

The finest thing for him to do is to announce his retirement. Aspan Alias This March 8, there will be an assembly of about 170 Umno division heads, a congregation to show solidarity with…

Iskandar Mohamad How much do you know about the background of Anwar Ibrahim? Are you one of those who have taken umbrage to the recent judgement of Sodomy 2? Do not be deceived by a…

Umar Mukhtar I am not saying this because I am so sure that there is something rotten in our nation's second "sovereign-fund" management. How could I know? I am only an ordinary citizen. But…

No one dreamt that Pas would be easily enticed to cooperate with Umno. But Umno has its hidden agenda to break up Pakatan Rakyat in order to weaken the opposition. P. Ramakrishnan   It has…

There is a police task force called D5. Its task is to identify, investigate and punish individuals who “exhibit seditious tendencies.”  Rama Ramanathan, The Ant Daily The existence of D5…

The fight for his freedom looks futile for now because there seems to be no focus. Scott Ng, Free Malaysia Today  Nearly three weeks have passed since Anwar Ibrahim was sentenced to five…

Umar Mukhtar The organisers of the "Malam Perpaduan Melayu" tried to downplay the obvious intent of the gathering by saying that it has nothing to do with politics but only a call for the need…

There are increasing allegations about leaders within the professional faction hatching a plan to topple party president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang due to dissatisfaction with the party No. 1's…

Alyaa Alhadjri, The Ant Daily Pakatan Rakyat seems to have made a grave error in their tai chi to push for Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's temporary release from prison to attend…

Umar Mukhtar The common thread that runs through all of the above controversies is the lack of responsive leadership by the Prime Minister. These are not irate public criticisms about Datin…

Zainur Zakaria, NST MALAYSIAN Bar president Christopher Leong has invited the group of lawyers who criticised him over his press statement relating to the Federal Court judgment in Datuk Seri…

Is ISIS Islamic, given its explicit use of Quranic verses to justify its actions? H.a. Hellyer, The Straits Times Earlier this week, Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb, the Grand Imam of Al Azhar, Sunni…

Tan Jooi Long, The Ant Daily The void in Pakatan Rakyat left by the loss of two unifying leaders has exposed the Achilles' heel of the three-party opposition alliance. Datuk Seri Anwar…