Raja Petra KamarudinThe last couple of days there have been many analyses done on the Pengkalan Pasir by-election. Well, writing an after-the-fact analysis is child’s-play so I am not going to do…

Raja Petra KamarudinTomorrow, 6 December 2005, the Pengkalan Pasir voters will be going to the polls to decide who they want as their new State Assemblymen. There are three contenders, one each from…

Raja Petra KamarudinWell, money talks, bullshit walks; and Islam is bullshit, so it too walks. Yes, Islam Hadhari, now we know what it means don’t we? Bullshit! Let me say that again: Islam Hadhari…

Raja Petra KamarudinIt is always nice to be able to say to sceptics, “I told you so!” Sometimes though, one wishes one is wrong, as being right is no consolation if being so is to the detriment of the…

Raja Petra Kamarudin‘Malay Agenda will not be achieved if Kelantan is under PAS, says Khairy’. That was what Bernama, Malaysia’s official news agency, reported on 9 November 2005.Efforts to dignify…

Raja Petra KamarudinOf late, I have been receiving a lot of junk e-mails about this, that and the other. Apart from the ‘normal’ sexual performance enhancement, teen sex, Paris Hilton, etc.…

Raja Petra KamarudinIt touched my heart when Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, when asked how he feels one day after he buried his wife, said he felt very lonely.I can understand how he…

Raja Petra KamarudinLast week, I published a news item (Brazilian couple's wedding ends in brawl with Malaysian royalty) about some members of the Johore Royal Family who were involved in fisticuffs…

Raja Petra KamarudinRonnie Liu’s ‘dispute’ with Professor Khoo Kay Kim (British Colonial Days began in 1947 and ended in 1948?) reminds me of some interesting stories of British Malaya during the days…

Raja Petra KamarudinAbdullah Ahmad Badawi is Malaysia’s Prime Minister, paramount leader to 25 million or so Malaysians. And just how paramount is a Malaysian Prime Minister? Well, this can be better…

Raja Petra KamarudinLast Thursday, Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister, Najib Tun Razak, said that moderate Muslims must speak out against the extremists. (Najib also ruled that Muslims of the opposite…

Raja Petra KamarudinUmno Youth, in its recent Annual General Assembly, has asked the government to continue with the New Economic Policy (NEP) until such a time that the aspirations of this policy are…

Raja Petra KamarudinUmno is hot and bothered about Ronnie Liu’s claim that Umno is not the real ‘fighters’ for Malaya’s independence that saw the end of British Colonial rule. Actually, Ronnie is…

Raja Petra KamarudinLast week, ex-Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad said he removed Anwar Ibrahim as the Deputy Prime Minister because he does not want someone who is gay to become…

Raja Petra KamarudinA reflection of 'old' and 'new' Malay thinking(Previously published in the Free Anwar Campaign website in March 2004, soon after Malaysia's 11th General Election)Dear Son,I thought…

Raja Petra Kamarudin25 years or so ago, I engaged Mustafa Ali, the Terengganu State Commissioner for the Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS), in a debate on how the party should promote itself amongst the…

Raja Petra KamarudinThe government has banned a couple of Kassim Ahmad’s books, as they have been doing all these years where hundreds, if not thousands, of books have been banned because of its…

Raja Petra KamarudinPushing the envelope and living life in the fast lane has always turned me on, even at a very tender age. Different strokes for different folks, they always say. I don’t know…

By Din Merican and edited by Raja Petra KamarudinA proud Malay is naturally offended by the snide and damning remarks made about his own kind or about Umno, which is perceived as championing the Malay…

Raja Petra KamarudinUmno’s recent General Assembly gives an impression that Malay nationalism might in fact be heading for a resurrection.Actually, Umno has no choice. It was formed on the back of…

Raja Petra KamarudinDuring the Umno General Assembly last week, both the Youth as well as Deputy Youth Leaders asked that the New Economic Policy (NEP) be reactivated. They are trying to give the…

Raja Petra KamarudinAct One Scene One (phone conversation)Hello. Raja Petra?Yes.ASP Aibee Abdul Ghani here. Can you come to Bukit Aman? We would like to talk to you about some articles you wrote on…

Raja Petra KamarudinThe Malays have a saying: lembu punya susu, sapi dapat nama -- which means someone else being credit for your (positive) efforts. I suppose the reverse can also apply; someone else…

Raja Petra KamarudinThe Malays have a proverb and it goes something like: if one buffalo is muddy then all the other buffaloes get splashed with mud as well. This is of course not a literal…

Raja Petra KamarudinYes, last week has certainly been an eventful week for Malaysia. Not only was Sothinathan, the Secretary-General of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), suspended from his…

Raja Petra KamarudinOn Saturday, 21 June 2003, I wrote an article called ‘Keadilan/DAP should lead in Selangor, Perak, Penang and Pahang; PAS in the four ‘Malay’ states’, which was published in the…

Raja Petra KamarudinToday, Malaysia Today has just crossed its tenth month of existence. Initially there was no blog -- it was added about one and a half months later. We thought, instead of just…

Raja Petra KamarudinThe Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS) muktamar (AGM) which ended yesterday is probably the most interesting since the party made inroads into Kelantan in 1990. PAS, which almost got…

Raja Petra KamarudinLast Friday, a cell-phone salesman was charged in court for having pornographic material in his notebook computer. The hapless man had downloaded the porn from the Internet. Let…

Raja Petra KamarudinUmno's main challenge is to change the mindset of the Malays so that they are not left behind in a fast changing world its deputy president and Deputy Prime Minister, Dato' Sri…

Raja Petra KamarudinIt is already seven years since the Anwar Ibrahim political crisis erupted in 1998. Now, after seven long years, everything that Anwar said, then, seems to bother one-time…

Raja Petra KamarudinIt appears there are two groups of people who read Malaysia Today: one group that would like Malaysia Today to practice what it claims to represent -- absolute freedom of…

Raja Petra KamarudinOn Friday, 29 April 2005, HarakahDaily.net carried a news item on its website entitled 'Penduduk Segambut Dalam bantah penjualan tapak surau’. (The full text of the news item in…

Raja Petra KamarudinIf there is one thing Sabah Chief Ministers feel is envy towards Sarawak Chief Ministers; the reason being, Sarawak Chief Ministers rule for life while Sabah Chief Ministers rule…

Raja Petra KamarudinIn 2002, FAC News, the Free Anwar Campaign website, revealed that President Bush refused Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s many requests to meet him. At one point, Dr Mahathir even sulked and…

Raja Petra KamarudinLast week, the Malaysian authorities confiscated the book 'Hadharah Islamiyyah Bukan Islam Hadhari' written by the President of the Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS), Ustaz Haji…

Raja Petra KamarudinYesterday, Bernama, Malaysia’s official news agency, quoted Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (Pak Lah) as saying that the National Fatwa Council needs to issue a…

Raja Petra KamarudinOn Sunday, 1 May 2005, the KONVENSYEN PENGAMPUNAN ANWAR IBRAHIM will be held at the ballroom of the Grand Seasons Hotel along Jalan Pahang in Kuala Lumpur. The event, which is open…

Raja Petra KamarudinOn 4 February 2001, Ibrahim Ali created waves when an informal movement he headed called Badan Bertindak Melayu organised a rally that it called ‘Takkan Melayu Hilang di Dunia’,…

Raja Petra KamarudinMalaysian Prime Minister and Umno President, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (Pak Lah), has rebuked Zaid Ibrahim, the Umno Kelantan head, for attacking the party's disciplinary board.On…