A perceived threat onto Islam in peninsular Malaysia directly translates into a perceived threat to Malays.
Mikhail Rosli, MMO
Of late, there is a feeling of bewilderment among many people…
But does this article mean that the rights and values of non-Muslim Malaysians are completely irrelevant the moment Islam comes into any matter?
Karim Raslan, The Star
With faith-related…
Think monarchies are bad? Think again. Most of the criticisms of monarchy are no longer valid today, if they were ever valid.
The Diplomat
The institution of monarchy has been back in the…
Serious damage has been done to race relations in Malaysia. And the problem with this is the damage is so severe and so far gone that reconciliation is almost impossible. So where do we go from…
Din Merican
On June 6, 2014, Utusan Malaysia exploded a story about Sultan Johor’s interference in the Johor State Assembly (Dewan Undangan Negeri) by seeking to have executive control over…
Cindi Loo, The Ant Daily
With a rising number of new Muslim recruits urging for discourse and the religious rhetoric currently dominating mainstream politics, Malaysian socialists are finding…
Khalid Ibrahim's fate hangs on a limb, but...
Roslan Bistamam, Free Malaysia Today
Two crucial events will happen tomorrow and a third is likely.
Those who follow the news are already…
Lim Sue Goan, Sin Chew Daily
I have been contemplating of late what has gone wrong with the country's two-party system. And it has not brought a more promising outlook.
The two-party system…
Joshua Wu, The Malaysian Insider
The deputy prime minister and education minister was of the opinion that the seminar on Allah and Christology at Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) was just a…
Azmin Ali has established a clear lead in the contest for the PKR deputy presidency, Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim is putting up a good fight in Selangor but Saifuddin Nasution has taken off for…
Anisah Shukry, The Malaysian Insider
It has been almost half a year since PKR engineered the Kajang by-election for Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim’s eventual ouster, but the Selangor menteri…
Sin Chew Daily
Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail finally takes actions to fight against a series of disordered events recently by charging those allegedly making seditious remarks and…
Syerleena Abdul Rashid, Malay Mail Online
Fear is a tool often used by governments to regulate its citizens and manipulate their moral judgment.
In Malaysia, the powers that be have…
(WIKISABAH) - More Malaysians are borrowing to buy anything from houses and cars to daily essentials, prompting global banking giant HSBC to label the country’s household debt level as “troubling”…
So, the issue here is, who wrote the Bible? And unless the ‘maker’ can be established then the Bible cannot be accepted as evidence. And if the Bible cannot be accepted as evidence then you cannot…
Emmanuel Surendra, The Malaysian Insider
The Bible has always generated doubt since its inception, with its defenders and sceptics debating just about everything under the sun. But such is the…
Justin Ong, Malay Mail Online
Malaysia professes to be a multi-racial and multi-cultural federation with Islam as its religion, but there is a mounting movement to turn it simply into an…
Very soon Raja Nazrin will be installed as the Sultan of Perak. He will or must go through a multitude of royal rituals and ceremonies some of which are definitely not of Islamic origins.…
Obviously the Constitution has not been established upon the basis of the Holy Koran, which sets it apart from the constitutions of countries like Iran, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Afghanistan.
Tay…
Tricia Yeoh, The Sun Daily
DURING the 2015 Budget Consultation, the World Bank representative said explicitly that Malaysia would have to cut its annual budget down by 2.5% each year starting…
Yes, faith is a strange thing. It not only allows you to believe in what cannot be proven but it also helps you to hate one another. And we hate because we have faith -- we have faith that we are…
Kehadiran beratus-ratus hatta berjuta rakyat sekalipun ke mana-mana demonstrasi bukannya bererti bahawa pemimpin itu seorang pemimpin yang mampu bekerja tetapi itu adalah petanda bahawa pemimpin…
The New Testament is not from Jesus. These are fabrications by those who came long after Jesus had died just like what happened to Islam with the 700,000 or so Hadith that are alleged to have been…
Being and doing “good” no longer means possessing moral virtue such as kindness and empathy towards others, rather “good” appears to be a synonym for moral self-righteousness and cruelty.
Sara…
If the young professionals are supposed to defend the government’s policies, why can’t the ministers and civil service do so?
Nik Nazmi, TMI
Barisan Nasional, according to an 11 June 2014 …
Perdana Menteri perlu memikirkan semula kedudukan Mohd Najib sebagai Menteri Kewangan.
A Kadir Jasin
DALAM 1Malaysia macam-macam ada, satu jenaka SMS yang sedang diedarkan berbunyi:…
Erica Frantz, Barbara Geddes & Joseph Wright, The Washington Post
The latest coup in Thailand is the country’s twelfth since the end of absolute monarchy in 1932. This coup overturned a…
Salleh Said Keruak
JAIS, MAIS, PDRM, and whatnot are all in the news either because of their action or because of their inaction. Now Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Datuk Seri…
If I were to force my children into sexual prostitution there would be an outrage and I would be crucified. But no one bats an eyelid when I force my children into religious prostitution. Sexual…