Ancaman Melayu

Apakah Melayu terancam sebab orang Cina? Macam mana pula orang Cina boleh mengancam Melayu? Fariq Islam Selaku anak Melayu, kenyataan "Melayu Terancam" seringnya menarik perhatian…

There Is No Such Thing as Race

Among those who study the subject, who use and accept modern scientific techniques and logic, this scientific fact is as valid and true as the fact that the earth is round and revolves around the…

Rafizi, the Mother of all Liars

Raggie Jessy  The following is an adaptated excerpt from a previous article (http://www.malaysia-today.net/the-malaysian-dilemma-part-ii-god-never-played-dice/) Rafizi is the mother of all…

Is the criticism of Najib sincere?

Salleh Said Keruak Ex-Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has yet again criticised Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak regarding BRIM, which Dr Mahathir calls bribery. While some may be of the…

PAS high on religion, low in common sense

We’ve heard Nik Abduh’s views on sex, the Friday prayers, the women’s Islamic dress code. What are his views on corruption, the GST, the Scorpene scandal and the 1MDB fiasco? Mariam Mokhtar,…

Segregating Malaysia

(MMO) - Imagine a Malaysia where not every citizen has the same set of rights in court. With the creation of a Shariah Federal Court in the works, we are firmly moving further in that direction.…

What the Malays fear

Hence fear divides Malaysians. And until Malaysians can get rid of their fears, we shall still see a divided Malaysia. While we can blame the Malays/Muslims for having what we can consider…

Is democracy the enemy of the majority?

Democracy is a numbers game that benefits the majority. So, why do Malay-Muslim ultra-nationalists fear and oppose electoral reforms? How can the majority lose if the will of the majority is upheld?…

A question of constitutionality

The Appeals Court has ruled that the NS syariah law must not supersede the Federal Constitution, and has ruled that the syariah law is invalid as it contravenes the Federal Constitution's…

Stop the circus acts

Wong Chun Wai, The Star WE have got to get used to it – a real democratic society can be a noisy one as each and every one of us has the right to speak and is free to exercise this right.…

Why so afraid of pluralism?

Zurairi AR, The Malay Mail There seems to be a state-backed manoeuvre to demonise “liberalism” and “religious pluralism”. Back in May, both the prime minister and his deputy delivered separate…

Pluralisme agama: Mencari pencerahan?

Dzulkefly Ahmad, TMI Polemik ‘pluralisme agama’ kembali mengambil ruang utama diskusi awam. Kali ini pasti lebih sengit dan ganas. Sebabnya? Kali ini sebuah NGO, Sisters-in-Islam, Malaysia…

Kemana halatuju Lim Guan Eng?

Edwin Michael, FMT Kementerian Dalam Negeri mengisytiharkan Pasukan Peronda Sukarela (PPS) sebagai pertubuhan haram mengikut Seksyen 5 Akta Pertubuhan 1966 serta mengarahkan Jabatan Insolvensi…

The many faces of PAS

The party's swing to the right is a betrayal of the progressive PAS we saw in GE13. Scott Ng, FMT PAS is going through an identity crisis. Or maybe it is passing through that rebellious…

Time for Umno to get real

With the Umno general assembly just two weeks away, the bad news is that Umno is still running on the spot in many places but the good news is the party is getting real about what it needs to do.…

What the voters need to be told

Salleh Said Keruak Two days ago, an opposition portal reported that 1MDB lost RM670 million for year-end 31st March 2014 compared to a profit of RM878 million the year before, a swing of RM1.5…

Ku Li and Daim’s advice

Former finance minister Tun Daim Zainuddin's advice was even more crude. He predicted that Pakatan Rakyat would win more seats in the next general elections if BN fails to implement reforms…

Selangor sold us out first on Kidex

Selve Sugumaran Perumal, The Malaysian Insider akatan Rakyat state assemblymen today asked the federal government not to twist facts and rightly pointed out that Kinrara-Damansara Expressway…