Epic soup kitchen hypocrisy

Pearl Lee, Malay Mail Online Date: March 11, 2010 Time: 10am Venue: Dataran Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur, Jalan Raja Laut Event: Handing over of a van to Pertiwi Soup Kitchen Guest…

My long-overdue apostasy

'I used to dole out Bible verses as if they were freshly-baked cookies. I apologize to those who had to endure this.' Joanne Abigail E. Dela Cruz, The Rappler Growing up in a Christian home,…

Kepentingan Anak-anak Melayu Jati

Demi kepentingan anak-anak Melayu jati, perbetulkanlah pentafsiran bangsa Melayu. Bangsa Melayu haruslah berdasarkan kepada kenenekmoyangan. Fariq Islam, Anak Melayu Tulen Kenapa soal ini…

No cause for paranoia

Wong Chun Wai, The Star HERE we go again. This newspaper has just been given an unprecedented, if not unusual, distinction of being branded a “Christian extremist linked daily” and purportedly…

All-out war for the big post

The earth has been rumbling under the feet of Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim as speculation grows that Selangor may soon be getting a woman Mentri Besar Joceline Tan, The Star THE advent of the…

PKR, parti ‘Cina Buta’ sahaja

Aspan Alias Jika orang ramai yang bernasib baik kehidupan, mereka akan merayakan Aidilfitri dengan riang gembira setelah berpuasa sebulan lamanya di bulan Ramadan. Bagi Khalid Ibrahim, MB…

Ku Nan way off the mark

By Syerleena Abdul Rashid, DAP Wanita Bukit Bendera Political Education Director Once again, another Barisan Nasional politician shows his sheer arrogance and contempt for those less fortunate.…

Soup kitchens: why Islam has failed

Hence, what is the real issue surrounding the current soup kitchen controversy? Is it that the religious authorities are using our zakat/fitrah money to play the stock market and to invest in real…

An ex-bunny girl’s conversion

Tay Tian Yan, Sin Chew Daily In the midst of all the chaos surrounding religious controversies in this country, we have an interesting interlude. Felixia Yeap, once a beauty queen, a model…

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…