So can you see how potent a fitnah can be? Once the fitnah sticks, nothing you do can erase that fitnah. It will stick to you forever. And that is why Islam regards fitnah as a very serious crime…
Salleh Said Keruak
Political parties are all the same. In the run-up to each general election, they will reveal their most impressive election manifesto and make all sorts of promises to the…
Cecilia Jeyanthi Victor, The Ant Daily
There seems to be no end in sight to the Kinrara-Damansara Expressway (Kidex) controversy despite Menteri Besar Azmin Ali’s pledge to look into the matter…
Jimmy Adit, The Ant Daily
Sarawak DAP must not wait until next June to ditch PAS.
It is not only six to seven months too long, but PAS will still be the PAS it is today, no matter who gets to…
Has no one pointed out to these women that they owe a lot of what they have now to feminism?
Erna Mahyuni, MMO
You know our public universities have gone to the dogs when they start…
The Chinese education group, Dong Zong, was once so powerful that it could bring down Chinese politicians and political parties but a string of controversies the last few months has made it the…
Putrajaya’s heavy handed behaviour only raises questions about why SAPA is so ostensibly dangerous. Barisan Nasional minister Tan Sri Dr James Masing had also called for a review of the Malaysia…
The Federal Lands Commission (FLC) signed an agreement where it would lease PFI 186 plots of land all over Malaysia. FLC would then sub-lease this land from PFI by paying rental for land which the…
It seems that whenever we question anything, either the government or those linked to it does, it is seen as a bad thing. And this comes during a period of a prime minister whose initial speech…
The Unspoken Truth
The ease of Internet access empowers news portals with the opportunity to present what they feel are important issues for their audience. Hence, while politically conscious…
Melissa Crouch, New Mandala
The West has been wondering what has gone wrong with Buddhism in Myanmar since 2012 and the violence primarily by Buddhists against Muslims. Yet I want to suggest…
Just how big are these groups, anyway? They claim hundreds of thousands of members. Is this true or are they just blowing hot air out of their ample orifices?
Azmi Sharom, The Rakyat Times…
The Malay is an enigma. He claims to know Islam, but when his brethren is threatened, he refuses to speak out. He fears the mob will hound him, even though neither he nor the person he would like…
If you want illiterate people to tell you what their “mother tongue” is, how do you phrase the question? Some say the best way to put it is “what language did you suck?”
Rama Ramanathan
I’ve…
It now exists in name only, not in spirit, vision and ideals
T K Chua, Free Malaysia Today
I find some of the recent developments within Pakatan Rakyat (PR) very odd and weird. First, there…
Zubaidah Abu Bakar, The Rakyat Post
PERSATUAN Ummah Sejahtera (PasMa), the pro-Pakatan Rakyat non-governmental organisation, is here to stay.
And PAS, whose more moderate thinking members…
Daily Express
THE present and future crop of Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leaders must stand up for what they believe in, speak up for the masses and be accounted for, according to party…
Najib would fare better with Anwar as a free man. And Najib, of all people, knows this. Most importantly, so does Zainuddin Maidin, which brings us to the question; why did Zainuddin blackmail…
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…
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…
Raggie Jessy
Following is an article I posted a while back. Recently, Mahathir blamed Najib for favouring the Chinese more than the Malays. The question may not, however, be so much of Najib’s…
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…
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…
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,…
(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.…
So legislation does not work for Muslims. Muslims need education. But when the ulama focus more on legislation and less on education, this is when we will see the most Islamic state in Malaysia…
Hazlan Zakaria, The Ant Daily
They say that love is blind and on a honeymoon there are no non-pleasant brides and grooms, for the euphoria of chemical-electrical synapses makes all things good.…
Democracy began as a form of socialism.
Raggie Jessy
Assume that I gave you a coin. You flip it, and found it to land on the floor, head upwards. Now, assume that it was the first time…