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…

Azly Rahman We need to move beyond the Obama episode; “beyond those presidential selfies and we-fies”. US President Barack Obama left Malaysia, and was greeted by protests in the Philippines…

The PKR election will reach a watershed point when Sabah votes this weekend because the votes in this second biggest state in the party can make or break a candidate. Joceline Tan, The Star…

Cecilia Jeyanthi Victor, The Ant Daily The seemingly protracted internal bickering among PKR leaders is threatening party unity. In the ongoing party elections, camps initiated by party…

Siddartha Sarma, IBN Live After years of creeping fundamentalism, Brunei's Sultan has decided to say it like it is: the country has opted for the Islamic sharia legal code in full. At a time…

Lim Mun Fah, Sin Chew Daily On the question whether the Pakatan Rakyat Supreme Council did reach an agreement on the implementation of the hudud law in Kelantan, it appears that all the three…

Salleh Said Keruak Malaysia’s population has just touched 30 million. However, only about 5.6% or 1.7 million of the country’s population pay income tax. This comes to just 14% of the 12…

FMT LETTER: From Dr Dominic Damian, via e-mail The electronic and print media are paralysed with fear. We are not immune to fear of death, losing friends, family, property, earning, poverty…

Empire Strikes Back Jumlah dana sebanyak RM8juta serta agihan antara RM60 hingga RM80 ribu bagi setiap cabang, dan semua ini hanyalah untuk memastikan jawatan Timbalan Presiden kekal milik…

You are wrong to think that hudud will not affect the non-Malays. Historical and cultural treasures, like the Bamiyan statues in Afghanistan and the ancient Sufi shrines in Timbuktu, Mali were…

There are many questions which hudud does not address and it doesn’t require any of us to go to law school to ask them Mariam Mokhtar, Free Malaysia Today The article last week “Reject hudud…

Replacing a system that has served us well, with one that has not been proven to work elsewhere is irresponsible. Disguising it in the name of Islam is plain disgusting.  Kamal Amzan, MMO I…

Since the lay public overwhelms the learned in terms of numbers, the great bulk of writings is obviously not of the former type. Muslim Professionals Forum BACKGROUND 1.            When…

In its effect SOSMA is similar to the ISA, as no bail is allowed pending trial and appeals. Through the SOSMA, the government has re-introduced the ISA through the backdoor. N. Surendran I…

Secebis Kewarasan Walaupun hangat diperbedatkan, maklumat tentang Hudud amatlah sedikit. Kerana kurangnya maklumat, rakyat jadi keliru. Kekeliruan ini diburukkan lagi dengan pertembungan…

Salleh Said Keruak The opposition leaders are going all over telling the people that Malaysia is going bankrupt. The picture they are painting is very bleak as if the country has only a few…

Salleh Said Keruak Today, ex-Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said that the reason PAS was pushing for the implementation of the Islamic Sharia law of hudud was because Prime Minister…

(Bernama) - PAS, that is adamant in implementing the hudud laws in Kelantan by moving a private bill in Dewan Rakyat, continues to earn the wrath of its partners in Pakatan Rakyat namely the DAP…