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…

The water crisis may well be the beginning of the end of the Pakatan Rakyat coalition in Selangor Narinder Singh, Free Malaysia Today Water, the basic necessity of all living organisms has…

World Future Online The Party Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) using the 'Hudud' issue to drive a wedge within the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalition, this is deja-vu but what is new is what the Islamic…

Perhaps Christians are embarrassed that the Bible also urges stoning.  write2rest Much has been said in recent days about Kelantan’s Hudud law initiative. Christians who are, according to…

Know what you are fighting against. It has nothing to do and should not have anything to do at all with protecting Malay superiority and the sanctity of Islam. Fikri Fisal The non-Malays do…

Hopefully all state laws under Article 11(4) will be interpreted narrowly to relate only to proselytization.  Emeritus Professor Datuk Dr Hj Shad Saleem Faruqi INTRODUCTION:  MALAYSIA'S…

But today, the non-Muslim is forced to convert before marrying. This condition no longer creates the same atmosphere of respect as before.  Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan I. Introduction  Religion…

Mahkamah Rayuan telah membawa isu kalimah Allah kepada satu tahap perbahasan yang mendedahkan dirinya kepada perdebatan teori konspirasi dan kebimbangan yang tidak berasas sekaligus tanpa disedari…

The problem in Malaysia, however, is the ostensibly overzealous arbitrary approach by the Syariah courts and the reluctance of the civil courts to make a forceful stand to protect non-Muslim…

Kekecohan berlaku sewaktu pemilihan cabang PKR Sungai Petani menyebabkan proses pengundian jawatan Ketua Angkatan Muda Keadilan (AMK) ditangguhkan. Difahamkan, situasi itu berlaku apabila…

Most Muslims believe that Hudud, in particular the law on stoning adulteress women to death, was a law that was introduced by Prophet Muhammad. Actually it was not. This law was introduced by Umar…

Darren Nah, The Malaysian Insider “Can a people be allowed to rule themselves according to their own customs?” This fundamental question strikes at the heart of how Kelantan defends its move to…

Zurairi AR, Malay Mail Online Seeing the thousands of protesters thronging the historic Dataran Merdeka on May Day, you would have thought that Malaysians had come in force to speak up against…

It is simply wrong for anyone to suggest that non-Muslims have no right to debate on the hudud issue on the basis that they do not understand Islamic laws. Wong Chun Wai, The Star ONE of the…

Lim Sue Goen, Sin Chew Daily After the 2008 general elections, Malaysians still had something to expect from the emerging two--party system, but with the 2013 general elections now almost a…

Original Title: The Defence of Insanity under Malaysian Law and the problems with the current position. I delivered this talk at the recent Death Penalty roundtable seminar held on 4 April 2014 in…