Treating animals right

Natalie Shabona Ambrose, The Sun Daily WHEN the parent thinks that no one is in the house down the street where two dogs live, he stops his car outside the house, winds down the window and lets…

Needless fuss over Johor enactment

In the end, all that hue and cry was really over nothing Free Malaysia Today After a weekend of much ado, the Johor Housing and Real Property Board Bill 2014 finally became law on Monday.…

Of MAS, Cabinet Reshuffle & Such

Now the talk is that this so called 'turn around plan' will be nothing more than selling off MAS Engineering and MAS Kargo. Also known as asset stripping.  OutSyed the Box Well first the…

Who do the dead ‘belong’ to?

Only in Malaysia: religious authorities having no qualms about gatecrashing your wedding or your funeral. Self-appointed guardians of our souls, they seem to believe that it's God's job to look…

Of demons and humans

Why are we the chosen ones and everybody else an infidel, a kafir, an untouchable? Why is the need to feel good only achieved by demonising the other?  Kapil Sethi, MMO History is replete…

Name change for Hudud?

I can look past the stupidity Nehru S.M I  don't practice Islam, but I am not against Hudud, and these are my reasons. I am not against Hudud because for one, I am not against Islam. I…

UMNO Malays are funny people

Although the Menteri Besar of Johor declares that he remains the chief executive in Johor, it is hard to believe that he will do something His Highness disapproves of. In fact, his tenure as…

Johor minefield

KTemoc Konsiders In the Malay Mail Online House buyers welcome new Johor bill Chang Kim Loong who is the secretary general National House Buyers Association (HBA) appeared at first glance to be…

A case of dads gone wrong

Why do some men exact vengeance on their former spouses by using their innocent kids as pawns? Sandra John, Free Malaysia Today Father’s Day is just around the corner and as kids everywhere…

Confronting our demons

Interpreting a provision on the freedom of religion will set a precedent on how other guarantees of freedoms are to be understood. Malik Imtiaz, fz.com I READ with interest the call by some…

Apostasy in Islam

While the Qur'an does warn that those who profess Islam and then leave it attract divine displeasure and will be held accountable in the next life (Q3:86-89; Q4:137; Q18:29) it nowhere states that…

The Bill and constitutional monarchy

Tay Tian Yan, Sin Chew Daily Yesterday (June 7) was the birthday of His Majesty Yang di-Pertuan Agong, a day when all Malaysians celebrated as a public holiday to mark our respect for the…

Rocky road for Pakatan

The Kajang Move was not the new politics they had been promised and damaged the image of Pakatan. It opened the eyes of many, especially that of the urban intelligentsia and younger cohort, to the…