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…
Public officials appointed by the current politically elected executive seem to have some trouble to follow directives from the courts, regardless of the obligation that should be compelling them.…
Narinder Singh, The Malaysian Insider
"......Malays are lazy," Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamed said recently. The question that begs an answer is "why and what made them so?" If for 22 years Dr…
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…
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?…
Zainah and Marina take on the clerics
The excessive powers exercised by the religious authorities, “with the complicity of the executive and legislative bodies are dragging the country down the…
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…
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.…
This is not a call for moral or spiritual perfection, but rather for us all to restore religion as central to our lives. We don't need to retreat from modern life as much as live in counterpoint…
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…
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…
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 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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
Looking for the long game in Hishammuddin's handling of MH370.
Scott Ng, Free Malaysia Today
There are many ways by which a politician may make the case for himself to ascend to power. Some…
To integrate effectively suggests the acceptance of each ethnic group’s culture and practices. How do we expect to achieve a comprehensive Singaporean identity — which new citizens should…
Ace Emerson, The Ant Daily
It seems as though we are becoming a “touchy” nation. Every little thing these days is blown into an issue. In fact it quickly becomes a sensitive matter.
This…