Fear the rabble-rouser

(MMO) - Why are these sort of people trying to manipulate me into fearing and hating something on the basis of differences that doesn’t really affect my life? Halloween is not…

Who really is a Malaysian?

Now, who is and is not a Malaysian? Does Umno decide this? Worse still, does Perkasa, or its cousin, Isma, decide this? KJ John, National Express This question needs to be now be truthfully…

The Autumn of Anwar

Anwaristas have chosen to pull wool over our eyes by reminding us of Anwar’s black eye episode, 2013 elections, corruption etc all of which has nothing to do with Sodomy II. The Unspoken Truth…

Crucial time for Anwar

Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is approaching another critical moment in his career as the apex court readies to hear his sodomy case appeal. But there is a different mood in his party this time around.…

The dog delusion

Zurairi AR, The Malay Mail A week has passed since the “I Want to Touch a Dog” event, which predictably turned controversial as it involved the second most taboo animal among Muslims: man’s…

Dangerous precedents

Indonesia's new president Joko Widodo has vowed to suppress racism and religious extremism while Myanmar has liberalized its economy. If we were to continue engross ourselves in ethnic and…

As If We Never Said Goodbye

The Unspoken Truth Once upon a time in beautiful Malaysia, a political star reached his peak, fell from grace in Sodomy I and II but rose again albeit a pale shadow past glories. Standing in…

Who will lead Pakatan after Anwar?

The Malaysian Times The Federal Court will hear the appeal of Anwar Ibrahim’s sodomy case next week. Political analysts are of the opinion that PKR and Pakatan Rakyat need to map out new…

Clerics should guide, not impose

Khairie Hisyam Aliman, Malay Mail Online The furore over Muslims touching dogs this week have highlighted one particular aspect in our society: the widening chasm between the religious scholars…

Which mazhab is the best? Ours?

Does it mean that Malaysia looks at all the other mazhabs as wrong and only the one mazhab practised by the majority in the country is the one true form of Islam?  Zan Azlee, TMI I went for…

A Letter for the Moral Malaysia

Like children we go around claiming ‘this chair is mine because I sat on it first.’ This is stupid behavior. Shamil Norshidi, President of Kelab UMNO US East Coast, NY I’m either too…

How BN/Umno props up Anwar

Umar Mukhtar When a question was asked how many of the 52% who voted for the opposition want Anwar as PM, the smug retort was how many of the 48% of those who voted BN want Najib as PM. Who…

What the ulama’ should focus on

Salleh Said Keruak Over the last few weeks we have been seeing quite a bit of controversy regarding the Oktoberfest beer festival and the ‘pat a dog’ event. A number of mufti and ulama’ have…