Do you really need to be a water engineer to know that you have no water when you open your tap and nothing comes out of it? Do you really need to be a water engineer to know that your water is…

History is replete with examples of the dangers of giving religious authorities too much power over society. Martin Vengadesan, The Star I HAVE just been reading an article in the Jakarta…

Is it Islam who is insulted, or could it just be a weak, over-sensitive you? Dr. Kamal Amzan, MMO Islam has so many “protectors” today. As if under an imminent threat, we have new NGOs…

I want to tell what those committed to oppose hudud legislation in Malaysia, how to go about it.  Praba Ganesan, Malay Mail Online Let’s get down to it. Single issue advocacy is not new, but…

There are few guarantees provided by our constitution more steadfast that the one of our Citizenship. Howard Lee Our nation is being hit by an artificially induced storm of hatred and…

Any attempt to further pursue each other's claim invariably results in more animosity. Dzulkefly Ahmad, fz.com THIS article is a tribute to a man who fought for justice unflinchingly. He…

Rama Ramanathan, Malay Mail Online The Bible, in the books of Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Kings, and Joshua, urges execution by stoning for offences including blasphemy; cursing the king;…

Secebis Kewarasan Politik Pakatan Rakyat sedang bercelaru. PAS dan DAP  kini berkelahi tentang Hudud. Manakala PKR, bertelagah sesama sendiri gara-gara Pemilihan parti. Fokus Pakatan Rakyat,…

KTemoc Konsiders Below are collected statements on PAS' intention to implement hudud. Please note: bolding and underlining below are by kaytee, not the authors or the reporting news media.…

Dr Mahathir Mohamad 1. Helen Ang, in an open letter criticised me for welcoming MCA’s decision to rejoin the BN cabinet. She pointed out that the MCA won only 7 seats while DAP won 39 seats.…

But how do you tell orthodox or fundamentalist Muslims to stop talking in the language of God and instead talk in the language of the law, the constitution, civil liberties, human rights, etc? I…

Mahsa Amiri, The Malaysian Insider The discussion on Friday, May 2, on hudud in Malaysia at the Chinese Assembly Hall remained in the past of the last week but the waves of excitement are still…

Salleh Said Keruak SEJAK menjadi Speaker Dewan Undangan Negeri Sabah, saya sentiasa menghadiri jemputan rakan sejawatan saya Speaker DUN Sarawak, Datuk Amar Mohamad Asfia Awang Nassar, bagi…

Kua Kia Soong After lionizing the tiger of Jelutong as the paragon of democracy, the worst thing we can do to his legacy is to associate him with nepotism. His rather naïve biographer may…

I'm not a big fan of all your houses, as in all those religious places of worship. They're not where You live. It's more like they're the places where faith goes to die. Erna Mahyuni, MM…

Khairy is telling us is that the Selangor Government was irresponsible for not agreeing to the BN-sponsored privatisation agreement. Tony Pua I have read with amusement Minister of Youth and…

Why does Umno now appear more receptive to Pas’ attempt to push through private members’ bills on the hudud? Francis Lohdiscusses the backdrop. Francis Loh, ALIRAN The Kelantan state…

Chandra Muzaffar The views expressed, and the stances adopted, by a number of local politicians and activists in the midst of President Barack Obama’s official visit to Malaysia at the end of…

A Kadir Jasin I LIKE Jeff Ooi’s “sack that bugger” outburst against the Selangor Menteri Besar, Abdul Khalid Ibrahim, some time ago. The blogger turned politician,who is the DAP MP for…

What PAS is doing is exactly what Jesus and the activists of the Movement of Jesus said we must do: set up a Kingdom of God. There is no such thing as separation of church and state in the…

Syed Umar Ariff, NST THE PKR electoral official who forgot to bring a stack of ballot papers for the Tenom division election in Sabah must have knocked his head silly or woke up on the wrong…

Incumbent looks unstoppable as his lead over his two rivals widens in the race to retain the PKR deputy presidency. Joceline Tan, The Star PERMATANG Pauh was the centre of attention for PKR…

Wong Chin Huat, The Malaysian Insider To the disappointment of many, the hudud issue dominates Malaysian politics a year after the 13th General Election (GE13), threatening to break up the…

The unfortunate fact is that there is a formidable force in the PAS rank and file that think along the lines of UMNO on many matters Islamic.  Kuo Yong Kooi Putting all the "to Hudud or not…

Knowledge is reserved only for those who are English-literate? Zairil Khir Johari According to the Home Ministry’s website, there are a total of 1,532 banned publications, with the most…

The reshuffle of editors takes place with Vincent Lee’s departure and the elevation of chief editor Wong Chun Wai to the top corporate job of chief executive, also in November. uppercaise…

My grandmother, Tengku Puan Nor Saadah Binti Almarhum Sultan Ala'eddin Suleiman Shah, died today, 5th May 2014, age 92

Syahredzan Johan, The Star MUCH has been written about hudud. Many have pointed out that to implement hudud, or at least hudud as proposed by PAS to be carried out in Kelantan on Muslims, would…

Chan Wei See, fz.com A year after the 13th general election (GE13), political scientists have observed that both the ruling and opposition coalitions have deviated from their pre-election course.…

So, my conclusion is, Christians (plus Jews) can use Allah as the name of God (in fact, MUST use Allah as the name of God) and hence there is no reason why the Bible cannot also use Allah as the…