Ros Shahira, The Malaysian Times
I refer to news written by a journalist from New Straits Times, Nuradilla Noorazam entitled “Conducive environment needed before hudud can be implemented”…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Salleh Said Keruak
HARI ini, Pas dilapor membatalkan hasrat untuk membawa Rang Undang-Undang Persendirian (Hudud) di Dewan Rakyat pada persidangan Parlimen bulan Jun 2014.
Alasannya, menunggu…
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…
Anas Zubedy
While we Muslims are busy debating about cutting of hands, non-Muslims are busy discussing cutting edge technology. So who do you think will rule the world?
While Muslim doctors…
Mariam Mokhtar, The Ant Daily
Malaysia is at a crossroads and if we make the wrong turn, we may never recover. As our leaders wrangle with one another about implementing hudud, the rakyat are…
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…
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…
Press statement for immediate release
If Sarawak for referendum, Sabah is..?
Kota Kinabalu: 10/05/2014, Saturday
When Kota Sentosa Assemblyman Chong Chieng…
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…
Patrick Sennyah, fz.com
Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 is allegedly the 89th aircraft to have gone mysteriously missing since 1948 and since its disappearance two months ago numerous theories and…
We see time wasted on entertaining groups out to destroy each other in a Malaysia we all care for. We ought to be teaching each other to see life as a gift and to create a ‘state of peace’ in…
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…
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…
(The Ant Daily) - The well-endowed Pembangunan Sumber Manusia Berhad (PSMB) has come under scrutiny for alleged irregularities in the award of a multi-million ringgit contract to a little-known…
Ronald Benjamin, Aliran
Pas’ insistence on tabling private members’ bills to implement hudud in Kelantan would not only reinforce the ethno-religious divide in this country but also lead to a…
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…
It looks like hudud is slowly getting its foot in.
Victor Wong, The Ant Daily
PAS has expressed its intention to table a Private Member’s Bill in Parliament next month to pave the way for…
The bill is going to put the religiosity of the Muslim MPs to test. Some of them are already readying their script to defend and justify their decision.
Khoo Kay Peng, The Ant Daily
PAS’…
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 Decision To Repudiate Joseph Entulu Belaun’s Decision To Drop The “Race” Column In Government Official Forms That Had No Value Added Raises Questions Whether It Is Perkasa Or BN That Is…
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…
Azmi Anshar, NST
ONE year on, the opposition axis’ can’t exorcise the devil possessing them – the illogic that they should have had a coronation to Putrajaya after winning 50.87 per cent of…
Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed
“Zaman di mana kerajaan sudah mengetahui segalanya sudah berakhir dan kita perlu mendengar apa yang dimahukan rakyat”, itu adalah antara ungkapan yang sering kita…
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…