K Kabilan, The Ant Daily It is very perturbing when our politicians link even a natural disaster to God to drive home a message that is favaourable to them. With more than 100,000 people…

Mariam Mokhtar When Deputy Finance Minister Ahmad Maslan compared the different attitudes of Chinese and Malay schoolchildren, he decided that lessons in “entrepreneurship” could create more…

Alwyn Lau, New Mandala It is common to hear multi-culturalism being endorsed as a basis for national identity. Given this era of increasing fundamentalism, what could be more welcoming than a…

Farah Harith, The Rakyat Post IT is rather disturbing that we have reached a point where one picture can be translated into so many different interpretations. Safe to say that the old adage…

Hudud has very little to do with religion but everything to do with dictatorial power, absolute control and subjugation of the people. TK Chua, Free Malaysia Today I would like to remind…

Citizen Times Idealistic Malaysians still cannot see how Pakatan Rakayt leaders have an unholy and disunited coalition their forced marriage of convenience – a mockery of the word…

Dear Sir, Thank you for responding to my letter Questions for YTM Raja Petra Kamarudin. I can see that there are some questions from you that need clarification and I'll be very happy if you…

Zan Azlee, TMI It's that time of the year when all the rivers and lakes start overflowing dangerously into where Malaysians live, work and go to school. This has been happening ever since I've…

Yussof Condred My late father had a 2-inch diameter scar, near the elbow of his left upper arm, that tells a quaint story. He came to the Malayan Peninsular in 1936, braving a treacherous…

Kali ini, sejarah berulang lagi. Ini bukti bahawa kita tidak langsung mengambil pelajaran daripada peristiwa sejarah.  Khairul Naim Rafidi “Selama penderitaan datang dari manusia, dia bukan…

Hmm…I wonder what the Muslim MPs from PKR and Barisan Nasional are going to do. Would they help save Pakatan Rakyat by blocking the Hudud bill? Most interesting is it not? THE CORRIDORS OF…

We, the good people (liberals and fundamentalists) share a common agenda.  Yussof Condred  I am a Buddhist. When I studied in the Methodist Primary School, Nibong Tebal, Seberang Prai …

When it comes to the implementation of hudud, you tend to hear absolute silence from Muslims who oppose it. It’s as if they have no answers to the trickery of those in Kelantan who are bent, for…

You also say that the Malays are economically weak because they place too much attention on spiritual development instead of economic development. So, are you saying that to become rich you must…

To me, this is what Christmas is all about. It is about those brave souls, Muslims from Turkey, who stood up to the Germans and insisted that any European with a Turkish passport, even Jews, was a…

A question we get a lot here in the US is “why Kelab UMNO?” One email asked: “For students who seem against the status-quo, kenapa tak tukar parti je?” Shamil Norshidi, President of Kelab UMNO…

2partysystem Dear Sir, I plead with you to provide answers to these questions and publish on your blog, if you are willing, if you are unwilling please at least provide answers to question…

It's easier to garner Chinese support with "sweets", than Malays. Of course, the "sweets" Chinese want are not BRIM alms.  Karam Singah Patul Dear Raja, Good day. After reading your…

The next general election is the final test, the third test after the first two in 2008 and 2013. Umno is now a wounded and cornered animal. But then wounded and cornered animals that are…

The good doctor's ego had been severely bruised by his having to "beg" and his humiliation in Singapore. Andrew Gomez, Free Malaysia Today It was the crooked bridge that never came to be. A…

The non-Malays can only help by supporting moderate, inclusive, progressive Malay leaders who believe in good governance. TK Chua, Free Malaysia Today I like very much the piece written by…

Whether it is good law or bad is debatable but not the point at hand, and until it is voided by the courts or annulled by constitutional supremacy, it stands as a law of the land. Hazlan…

SK Wong Many of the most repressive laws in Malaysia originated from colonial British era. Examples are the much reviled Internal Securities Act (1948), Sedition Act (1948), Printing Presses…

Umno knows it needs the Malays to support the party. Umno knows the Malays are split three ways. Umno knows the Chinese are no longer split. So Umno needs to talk about how to unite the Malays…

Dr Fatimah Zaharah Rosli, Malay Mail Online It is interesting how short-sighted Dyana Sofia is. But I don’t blame her. She is still very young. However her statement just proves how she has yet…

And in a Malay majority nation, the Malays are generally happy when non-Malays are bound by laws they are.  Raggie Jessy Does anyone know who Thomas Jefferson was? Thomas Jefferson was the…

Cindi Loo, The Ant Daily A call by Bersih 2.0 for a redelineation exercise that excludes the need for seat increase has befuddled many Malaysians. That’s because we have operated for a long…

Malaysian politics is no longer about love for the values that you hold dear. It is about hate for the other person. Some support Umno or Barisan Nasional because of hate for the other side. Some…

Lokman Mustafa, The Ant Daily Shahbudin Husin, whose column ‘Sudut Kiri’ appears every weekend on Semut Harian, is one of the more popular Malay political commentators around. In one of his…

Salleh Said Keruak To understand the history of Malay disunity, we must first understand the history of the Malay Archipelago. And when I say the Malay Archipelago this will include what is…