Beyond the Allah word

This is a family squabble. Two siblings are quarrelling over who is right and who is wrong. Two siblings are fighting over the right to be the true religion. The non-Christians and non-Muslims who…

What Now for Pakatan

Azmi Sharom With all the attacks on Pakatan leaders, namely Karpal Singh and Anwar Ibrahim, being conducted via the judicial system, what does the future hold for the opposition? In the short…

Wan Azizah Kuda Baru DAP?

Empire Strikes Back Selepas Anwar Ibrahim gagal ‘mempertahankan’ keputusan tidak bersalahnya dalam kes Sodomi II, adakah kini tumpuan dan ‘sokongan’ DAP terarah kepada Wan Azizah? Dari pena…

The evil of religion

The believers and followers of the Abrahamic faiths worship and pray to this God that allows slavery. The believers and followers of the Abrahamic faiths worship and pray to this God that allows…

Embracing the spirit of diversity

They do not understand why Muslims object to Christians using the term “Allah” or why Christians have to be so confrontational as to take a religious matter to court. Joceline Tan, The Star…

Daulat – a quibble about words?

VI. Clive Kessler, New Mandala Just a quibble about words? A gift to knaves? On being shown an early draft of this analysis, a leading Malaysian lawyer responded that he doubted whether…

Anwar pun guna bomoh

Empire Strikes Back Tatkala seluruh rakyat bersimpati dan bersama memanjatkan doa bagi keselamatan semua yang terlibat dengan MH370, Anwar memilih untuk menyelar tindakan membawa masuk bomoh ke…

Real reason for Hindraf-BN MoU failure

This institutionalised racism is the most damaging legacy that BN rule has left the country. It is now so embedded in the civil service that it can hold politicians – even the prime minister…

Sunday Bible studies: Noah

And that is my Sunday sermon for today because I do not wish to talk about the missing flight MH370 that every man and his dog are talking about -- which is just creating the utmost confusion as…

Press statement on MH370

Najib Razak Seven days ago Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared. We realise this is an excruciating time for the families of those on board. No words can describe the pain they must be…

Kajang Move: Will it succeed?

The focus of issues will decide the election result. If Pakatan is not careful, they may lose a battle they look set to win. Selena Tay With eight days more to go before polling on Sunday,…

Hospitality will carry on

Tunku Abidin, The Malay Mail A job in the sky has long been regarded as an exciting prospect.  After Merdeka, many daughters of Malaya’s aristocratic elites sought jobs as glamorous…

DAP tak kisah Anwar peliwat

Empire Strikes Back Siapa yang tidak tahu menipu dah memutar belit fakta adalah sebahagian dari resam menjadi ahli politik, tetapi Anwar Ibrahim adalah penipu yang paling besar. Cita-cita dan…

A place in the sun for everyone

There will be dif­ferences of opinion in how to proceed but leaders, especially politicians, must grow out of the habit of thinking that their adversaries are automatically wrong or less patriotic…

The haze is caused by our own hands

Current deterrent sentences are not good enough and the authorities seem powerless to stop open burning in the Klang Valley. Brian Martin, The Star THE dreaded Klang Valley haze has returned…

Déjà vu for Anwar

Enoch Crosby  We would have thought that after the fiasco of more than 15 years ago Anwar Ibrahim would have learnt his lesson by now. It appears, however, that history always repeats itself…