Many like Hadi feel that topics of Islam and the Malays should only be addressed by “good” Muslims and Malays. Apparently, only they have the moral right to speak about problems and solutions…
DAP must take a serious look at itself in the mirror. Trying to behave it is multiracial party is a good attempt but so far it has been only a cosmetic attempt. It is still perceived as a Chinese…
S Thayaparan, Malaysiakini
“The masses never revolt of their own accord, and they never revolt merely because they are oppressed. Indeed, so long as they are not permitted to have standards of…
TK Chua, FMT
Another by-election defeat, another cock-and-bull story from Pakatan Harapan leaders.
Let me see: it was due to voters not sufficiently embracing PH yet; it was because people…
People are suffering from hallucinations about the Jewish plot, the Christian plot, and the Chinese plot.
Murray Hunter, Eurasia Review
Malaysia has reached a chronic situation where the…
It ceases to be a confidential matter when a foreign country is a participant in what has already been decided as a global crime.
(FMT) - World order is conditioned by relations between…
Salleh Buang, NST
AS I was about to leave my office in Alor Star on Wednesday, I received a call from a journalist who wanted to know if a conversation between two individuals (A and B) on the…
If there is a likelihood that the wire-tapping of then PM Najib was done by such foreign operatives, don’t you think our present PM would likewise be terribly upset?
Kua Kia Soong, Free…
The clock may be ticking on Malaysia’s placid relations with China. While change could come in many ways, few of them are likely to appeal to Beijing.
Felix K. Chang, Foreign Policy Research…
122 out of the 222 parliamentary seats up for grabs in the country are Malay-majority. If the Malay voters are unhappy with the ruling coalition, coupled with increasing alienation among non-Malay…
Datuk Zaid Ibrahim
Maszlee's dismissal was harsh. The government could just ask him to reverse the policies on Jawi and his deep interest in dakwah and let him carry on.
On other fronts, he…
Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has, in a surprising turn of events, emerged as a candidate to fill the vacant Education Minister’s post.
(The Star) - A Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia supreme council…
HUKUM Hudud merupakan salah satu daripada tiga cabang hukum jenayah Islam, selain Qisas dan Takzir. Secara bahasa Hudud bermaksud batasan-batasan, tetapi secara syarak hukum Hudud ialah…
Mahathir has to go in 2020, no need to wait for Apec 2020, which is in November, as that is obviously an extension tactic. The sooner he goes, the better for the country. Speed is of the essence…
A. Kathirasen, Free Malaysia Today
Most of us enter the New Year with fresh determination and hope or with a clutch of resolutions. The reflective types will look to the lessons they have…
We have totally abandoned Malay art forms. And yet, today, MOE wants to revive Jawi. It does not make any cultural sense.
Rosli Khan, Free Malaysia Today
Five decades ago, Jawi, the Arabic…
Moaz Nair, Free Malaysia Today
Politicians must remember that the welfare of Malaysians and the country’s economy are more important than intervening in the internal affairs of other countries.…
TK Chua, Free Malaysia Today
The moderates and ‘middle Malaysia’ won the 14th general election. But what has followed has been very different.
What really is the Pakatan Harapan government…
(MMO) - The police should have facilitated a planned conference last Saturday by Chinese educationist groups despite the threats posed by two counter-rallies by Malay groups, instead of blocking…
What does that say of the DAP? My conclusion – DAP is only effective as an opposition party. It is out of place in the government.
FRANCIS PAUL SIAH
I guess many of my DAP friends will be…
FA Abdul, Malaysiakini
A few years ago, when my son was still studying at a secondary school in Kuala Lumpur, I received a letter from the school informing me about "Kem Kepimpinan Pelajar Islam"…
P Ramasamy, Malaysiakini
Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad might be less and less right on international affairs than he was ever before.
The argument of interference into the internal…
TK Chua, Free Malaysia Today
When Cabinet ministers and PKR president Anwar Ibrahim support the critical service allowance (BIPK), does this mean the decision to discontinue the payment for new…
Francis Paul Siah, Movement for Change, Sarawak
2019 will be gone in a few days, and 2020 is upon us. I am sighing as we approach a new decade because it is not getting any better.
In fact,…
Dennis Ignatius, FMT
Looking back over the year, one thing that must surely stand out is the high level of corruption in our nation. It seems that every government department with power to…
Zainal Epi, Malay Mail Online
The fierce infighting in PKR between president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and his deputy Datuk Seri Azmin Ali seems to have subsided.
The lull does not mean they…
We can understand why minister Teresa Kok wants Malaysians to respect foreign workers, but we must not belittle our own ancestors just because we need to respect the migrant workers.
Tay Tian…
Anger is building up again in the East Malaysian states with Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s statement this week on the oil royalties.
Joe Samad, Free Malaysia Today
Somehow we get the feeling that we…
The ruling Hindu nationalist government pushes for bill, which opposition says violates India's secular constitution.
Bilal Kuchay, Al Jazeera
India's lower House of Parliament (Lok…
Now that the dust from the BN’s “kleptocracy scandal” has settled somewhat, we are beginning to see the return of the crony capitalism that we were so familiar with in the eighties and nineties.…