A nation in deep trouble

Selena Tay, FMT Malaysia is a nation with a myriad of problems. While all countries have their own list of national woes, our government is not trying to solve ours but seem to be adding to it…

Dr M: What is an Islamic State?

Dr Mahathir Mohamad, The Malaysian Times What is an Islamic State? I have been accused of being inconsistent on this issue. May I explain. There are many interpretations of what constitutes…

Even God is not neutral

So, Affandi, it is not whether you want to read Malaysia Today. It is whether I want you in Malaysia Today. It is about what I want and not what you want. And if you thought this is about you then…

When religion means taboo

I even once joked that God sent down Islam to the Arabs because they are an extremely stubborn and quarrelsome race and hence would be able to Islamise the whole region. If Islam had been sent…

The Rafizi Ramli mess

Salleh Said Keruak It appears like Rafizi Ramli’s so-called brilliant ‘Kajang Move’ is proving to be not so brilliant after all. What we are seeing is one mess after another. Overshadowing…

Political snippets (22)

Is he more than just a diplomat? wakakaka KTemoc Konsiders Wakakaka, I'm back after more than 3 weeks on the road (hence my short posts with smaller fonts sans photos, pictures or links).…

Animal Farm: Malaysian Edition

Welcome to a land where pigs, chickens and cows are the true messengers of the human word Jasmine Wong, Free Malaysia Today George Orwell wrote the satirical, dystopian Animal Farm in 1945.…

We’ve got walking time-bombs

We’ve been moulding them for this for years. Why should we be surprised now? Marina Mahathir, The Star Our concern should make us look at the state of our young men today, particularly the …

No politics in our universities, please

Erna Mahyuni, The Malay Mail So Putrajaya recently threw a hissy fit over a survey and needed someone to pay. In this case, Professor Datuk Mohammad Redzuan Othman was allegedly asked to step…

And my response

Some readers have disagreed with my latest article(s). One even commented that he no longer has respect for me. I don’t know why this reader is of the opinion that his respect is so important as…

Why whack the Malays?

The Internet was flooded with postings that the only reason this embassy official was brought back to Malaysia and his diplomatic immunity was not withdrawn is because he is Malay. If he were…

1946, when it all went wrong for us

Wong Chin Huat, The Malaysian Insider Where Malaysia is heading, with sensational news from Muslim-only Allah, Hudud for all, body-snatching, wedding gate-crashing, police defying the Common…

DAP using Khalid as scapegoat

Press statement by MCA Selangor State Liaison Committee Secretary Ng Chok Sin Selangor DAP should stop shirking responsibility by placing all the blame on Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul…

PAS the misunderstood

To gain more acceptance, one of the things it has to do is stop jumping every time Umno pushes the hudud button Iskandar Dzulkarnain, Free Malaysia Today PAS has always been a grossly…

Politics of Division

To arrest the decline in Malay support, UMNO has decided that the best approach to win back the Malays, and to punish the non-Malays for not supporting it. James Chin, The Mark News As the…

Who are you calling extremist?

So you see, if we use our own yardstick or standards in coming to a conclusion then even the existence of Jesus is questionable while there is no doubt that Muhammad did exist. To the Catholics,…

If I were a judge….

Zaid Ibrahim Utusan Malaysia has made a call for the unity and solidarity of all Malaysians after the Federal Court’s “decision” to agree with the Court of Appeal that the word “Allah” can be…

Selangor doom and gloom

Will Selangor voters give Pakatan a third term? Roslan Bistamam, Free Malaysia Today There are two schools of thought regarding Selangor, in particular regarding whether Pakatan Rakyat can…

Akta Hasutan

Tetapi kerana hasutan dibenar mereka yang berminat untuk mendiri Republik Malaysia berhak dan bebas untuk meneruskan kempen mereka. Che Det 1. Kerajaan bercadang untuk menghapuskan Akta…