The Ulama and the Sharia

The Ulama tell us that the Sharia is mandatory and to oppose it tantamount to defying God Himself. Is this true? Not all renowned Ulama agree with this notion. But the Ulama have the final say…

Khalid defiant amid pressure

Joceline Tan, The Star The political intrigue in the PKR election has deepened with Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim being pressured to pull out of the race for the PKR deputy…

Pakatan to break up soon?

Selena Tay, FMT ‘Pakatan split inevitable, says Zahid’ – that was one of the stories carried in one of our local English dailies dated May 6, 2014. Much has been talked about the health of…

DAP: wolf in sheep’s clothing

Salleh Said Keruak Over the last one year since the May 2013 general election Malaysia has seen an escalation in issues related to race and religion, and which invariably and most unfortunately…

Liberal Muslims missing the big picture

Liberal Muslims are badly infected by the muddled thoughts of some western theologians. Syed Ahmad Israa’ Syed Ibrahim, FMT It is amazing how the universe had been teaching us so many things…

The Way

How can Satan be good when he is the Prince of Darkness? That is what most, if not all, of you will say. Well, Satan is good and brought us light because Satan helped God in His grand design. If…

Tread with caution

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…

So you like to beat down hudud

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…

A discourse on R.I.P.

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…

More on PAS’ hudud

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.…

MCA IN CABINET

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.…

How to fight Hudud

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…

Hudud: Sold Out

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…