Have they allayed themselves and allow themselves to at least try to learn what Hudud is actually all about?
Hikayat Putera Kemuning
First of all, kudos to YB Speaker Hannah Yeoh for…
(TMI) - Ahmad Abdul Abdullah is a very forgetful and absent-minded man. He always forgets where he puts things and also never remembers to bring essential items like his IC with him.
Being…
Zan Azlee, Astro Awani
Malaysia shouldn’t be proud to be listed in the top 50 most truly Islamic countries in the world under a recent study by Professor Hossein Askari of George Washington…
Lim Mun Fah, Sin Chew Daily
Many Malaysians had to spend the last ten days living in restlessness, fear and anxiety, as people brought up sensitive issues in the name of defending their…
Alyaa Alhadjri, The Ant Daily
The Sabah political scene is no stranger to the game of "leap frog" played by elected representatives and recent developments have indicated that time may be…
Salleh Said Keruak
In January this year, Jabatan Agama Islam Negeri Selangor (Jais) raided the Bible Society of Malaysia (BSM) and seized more than 300 Bibles that were published in the Malay…
Life is larger than the law and no Constitution is exhaustive or can anticipate every contingency.
Shad Saleem Faruqi, The Star
IN this column on May 29 it had been pointed out that though…
The Malaysian Insider
A botched campaign strategy that focused more on urban areas in Teluk Intan was behind DAP candidate Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud's loss in the May 31 by-election, as the party…
Malaysia Airports, which is under the direct purview of the Ministry of Transport, has a special person sitting as one of its board of directors.
Ahmad Fazli
In the midst of the current…
The originators of the Bills, like the Prime Minister, do not seem to know what the people want nor do they understand the root cause of the problem they claim to be addressing with such…
Against the background of complex, multi-stranded ethnic history I've outlined, why call non-Malays immigrants? Whom does it help? Whom does it hurt?
Rama Ramanathan
In West Malaysia ethnic…
Has Sultan Ibrahim of Johor’s succession of big money deals over the last six months caused the tide of public opinion to turn against Johor’s royal palace? KiniBiz examines the roots of the…
Clive Kessler, New Mandala
Recent developments in Johor have once more suddenly impelled the notion of “constitutional monarchy” to the centre of Malaysian national politics.
In this…
Sri A.K Rasa
The National Unity Consultative Council (NUCC) has completed three preliminary drafts on the National Harmony Act to replace the Sedition Act 1948.
According to a press…
One common characteristic of the leader countries is the presence of country-level policies supporting technology and cloud roll-out. Both Singapore and Malaysia, for example, continue…
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…
Wouldnt it be interesting if the tree roots and boulders reach out to grab you instead? Sometimes they do, for an appropriate consideration of course.
OutSyed The Box
Two days ago I met a…
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.…
Jennifer Gomez, The Malaysian Insider
Regardless of the amendments to the Johor housing enactment passed by the state assembly on Monday removing the sultan’s power in state administrative…
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…
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…
Secebis Kewarasan
Rang undang-undang (RUU) penubuhan Lembaga Perumahan dan Hartanah Johor (LPHJ), yang membuka jalan kepada penglibatan Sultan Johor dalam pentadbiran negeri, telah pun…
Mohsin Abdullah, Fz.com
YES the Pakatan Rakyat assemblypersons did not support it. But the controversial Johor Housing and Property Board Bill 2014 was passed by the state assembly anyway. No…
Sayuti Omar
Puak pembela Islam sama ada pertubuhan bukan kerajaan (NGO) mahupun orang perseorangan perlu memberi perhatian dan bangkit terhadap pihak-pihak tertentu khasnya dalam politik yang…
It was disastrous for Vietnam and it won’t work any better for KL
Phillip Bowring, Asia Sentinel
China is winning the battle over ownership of the South China Sea. Blatant aggression is…
Finance Twitter
Beside being crowned as the world’s most expensive city, Singapore is also a top financial hub, trading port, tourism, tax haven, and has the world’s highest percentage of…
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…
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…
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…
This may be the BN’s gambit to seemingly accede to remove the royal provisions but by sleight of hand ramrod through the other provisions that may be open to abuse.
Hazlan Zakaria, The Ant…