Hudud – test for the Constitution

There are provisions for the federal legislature to authorise Kelantan to implement its Islamic criminal enactment. Shad Saleem Faruqi, The Star PARTI Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) appears…

Ke mana halatuju pemilihan PKR 2014?

Lisa Adam, FMT Pelbagai ‘kisah’ menarik mewarnai pemilihan parti PKR yang sedang berlangsung di lebih 200 cabang di serata Malaysia. Namun yang paling menarik mungkin apa yang belaku di Lawas…

My views on hudud

Ivanpal Singh Grewal, The Malaysian Insider Malaysia has once again been thrown into a political vortex and the credit this time goes to Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) who have expressed their…

Naughty Tian Chua

KTemoc Konsiders A Malaysian court convicted a prominent opposition lawmaker Thursday of biting a policeman at an illegal protest — a verdict that could cause him to lose his Parliament seat.…

PAS penentu masa depan Pakatan Rakyat?

Apabila isu-isu agama dibangkitkan dalam pilihanraya, ia memberi kesan buruk kepada parti-parti pembangkang. Wan Hamidi Hamid, TMI Sejak penubuhannya pada 1951, PAS tidak pernah putus asa…

Has DAP fallen into MCA’s hudud trap?

MCA is against hudud but they want to be the good guys and not be seen as attacking a Malay religious party. They want DAP to do the dirty job for them and DAP fell for it hook, line and sinker.…

April is the cruelest month

Top PKR leaders are now getting serious about reforms, after about 15 years of not being able to define exactly what kind of form the reforms would take. Jerome Martin, MM It’s been a sad,…

The continued dumbing down of the people

I have lost count of the things our government thinks Malays should be protected from. Erna Mahyuni, MM Everything is a threat to the Malays and Islam, it seems. Malay-speaking Christians.…

Anwar – yea today, nay tomorrow

Does being on the other side suddenly make you see things clearer and take on the mantle of crusader of the truth? Su-Yin Tan, FMT Can we ever take what Anwar Ibrahim says for real? Having…

Who is to blame for S’gor water woes?

The Selangor Government’s reluctance to gradually raise tariffs, to allow water companies to increase supply and reduce leakages, forced the Federal Government to step in and initiate damage…

Medical Personnel for Hudud

Muslims have the right to be governed by the Shari’ah and we reiterate that Islamic jurisprudence concerns only Muslims. The least that IMAM ask of others is to reciprocate this respect and not to…

Water – Khalid should own up

Azman Ujang THE past few weeks must have been a soul-searching time for Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim who had ignored warnings about a water crisis in Selangor for most of the six years he has…

Obama’s Cynical Malaysian Sojourn

John Barthelsen, Asia Sentinel For anyone in Southeast Asia with an interest in fair, honest and even-handed government, the disappointing visit of President Barack Obama to Malaysia is a…

Hudud slowly getting a foot in

Many of us, particularly non-Muslim voters, never took seriously what PAS’ ultimate plan is. But now, we’re faced with the dreaded reality. Wong Chun Wai, The Star IF there’s one thing that…

What’s the rush with hudud?

Zurairi AR, Malay Mail Online By insisting to seek Parliament’s approval to implement hudud in Kelantan this year, Islamist party PAS has certainly put all other political parties in terribly…

Defending the basic structure

Malik Imtiaz Sarwar It appears that PAS will be seeking to give effect to the Kelantan Syariah Criminal Code Enactment II of 1993 by way of a Private Members Bill in Parliament. Through this,…