Hudud: Not the end yet

Lim Sue Goan, Sin Chew Daily Although it is postponing rather than giving up, PAS's decision on the tabling of a private member's bill seeking for the implementation of hudud in Kelantan has…

Where Malaysia stands today

Clive Kessler, Malay Mail Online Malaysia’s first post-independence political framework or dispensation, born with Merdeka in 1957, came abruptly to a violent end in 1969. In the wake of its…

UMNO Serupa Rumah Berhantu?

If one or both of the Bebas decide to vote in favour of a "no confidence" motion, UMNO's goose is cooked in Terengganu. OutSyed the Box Well the Terengganu crisis is over. So says The Star's…

Riding the Terengganu storm

Mohsin Abdullah, Fz.com OBVIOUSLY the PM underestimated Datuk Seri Ahmad Said's fightback - regardless how the Terengganu political storm plays out. Eventually. Perhaps it never crossed his…

Terengganu

New state general elections is best way to resolve the constitutional impasse in Terengganu caused by the resignation of three UMNO Assemblymen from UMNO, with no political party with working…

Malaysia, Clinton and TPP

World Future Online With the controversial TPP on its way to materialization, the real question is what happens to the treaty once the it is inked and a Hilary Clinton administration in place…

Lost in translation

We do not have to agree with an Islamic state or Islamic laws. However, to deny Islamists their democratic right and to disparage Islam, the Muslims and the Malays just because you disagree with…

Is Hudud the Law of Amputation?

In the lift with me were several Malay women and a man wearing an MCA T-shirt proclaiming “Defend the Constitution.” One makcik remarked that MCA translates Hudud as “law of amputation.” We exited…

Clarify these points on hudud first

I – as a young confused and indecisive citizen – need the concerning party to clarify each and every issue pointed out here. Ros Shahira Hudud has been the talk of the town since Kelantan…

Kelantan is not Brunei

Hudud in Brunei is a perfect storm. Yussof Condred Hudud in Brunei is a perfect storm. The circumstances that made it so are as follows: 1. Brunei is an absolute sultanate. There are no…

A race to the bottom

Not so long ago in a country not so far away, a movement to return Islam to its roots took place. A strict form of shariah law was introduced that was supposed to usher in a reign of unsurpassed…

Islamism: the rise of political Islam

What we are seeing is not Islam. What we are seeing is Islamism. Islamism is not a religion like Islam. Islamism is political Islam. And Islamism is opposed to secularism, democracy, and all those…

The Chinese dilemma

Lim Sue Goan, Sin Chew Daily The hudud law has caused a spate of panic among the public and finger pointing among Chinese-majority political parties. Meanwhile an extremist has issued a…

Mice-fed chicken and MAIS-fed students

write2rest Once, I thought the waiter in a Dutch restaurant was telling me the “house special” was mice-fed chicken. I found the idea detestable. I couldn’t believe there were chickens which ate…