Raja Petra KamarudinI remember back in the old days when there were three opposition fronts or lines of resistance. The first was of course the opposition parties. Next was Umno Youth, a party within…

Raja Petra KamarudinReferring to Anwar Ibrahim, Zainur Zakaria (one of Anwar’s lawyers) said the ex-deputy premier had also claimed to have been helpless to make changes while in government.“But look,…

Raja Petra KamarudinAll Umno Youth members have been urged to fly the Umno flag to mark the party’s 60th anniversary on May 11, said the news report in one of the mainstream newspapers.Umno Youth…

Raja Petra KamarudinMahathir's ex-aide criticises the official explanation for scrapping of the project By Carolyn HongThe Straits Times (Singapore) 26 April 2006The Malaysian Foreign Ministry has…

Raja Petra Kamarudin“Mahathir’s attacks fuel talk of comeback,” said Leslie Lopez in the Singapore Straits Times on 26 April 2006. Well, I got news for you Leslie. Dr Mahathir never left. He may have…

Raja Petra KamarudinWhy does Malaysia Today carry so many articles on Islam? In fact, many such articles are personally written by me. Simple; because Islam cannot be separated from Malaysian…

Raja Petra KamarudinLet there be no misunderstanding about this. Politics is about the attainment of power, plain and simple. If anyone tells you otherwise, then he or she is either a bad politician…

Raja Petra KamarudinI am 55 going on 56, so, understandably, much water has passed under the bridge in my journey through life (and much water have I retained around my belly as well.... sigh....).…

Raja Petra KamarudinThere are just so many reformists. Almost every country has at least one. Some are still living. Most died a long time ago. Some have been reduced to legends and we no longer know…

Raja Petra KamarudinHi Raja,My uncle has posed this question and I have tried to seek your past write-ups on this which I cannot seem to find.1] What damage have Osama and his extremist followers done…

Raja Petra KamarudinParti Keadilan Rakyat, or keADILan for short, celebrated its anniversary a few days ago. It was seven years old on 4th April 2006. Conspicuously absent from the birthday…

Raja Petra KamarudinI remember reading -- it was many years ago, I think in The Star -- about a foreign dignitary wanting to meet the First Prime Minister and Bapa Merdeka (Father of Independence),…

Raja Petra KamarudinMy wife and I visited the Daimler Benz factory in Stuttgart, Germany, soon after we took up the Mercedes Benz franchise for the State of Terengganu in the early 1980s. Heading the…

Raja Petra KamarudinAnwar Ibrahim was released from jail 18 months ago and since then has been based at Georgetown University in Washington DC. In May, Anwar, now a professor, will be coming home for…

Raja Petra KamarudinYou can take the Malay out of the kampong, but you can’t take the kampong out of the Malay, at least not that easily. Malays are very attached to their roots. Even if they were…

Raja Petra KamarudinWhen Tun Razak died in England and Hussein Onn replaced him as Malaysia’s Third Prime Minister in 1976, one-time PAS Menteri Besar of Terengganu Daud Samad and I debated as to who…

Raja Petra KamarudinThe Chairman of the Election Commission (EC) has proposed that the practice of putting up election posters during general and by-elections be done away with. According to his…

Raja Petra KamarudinI did not participate in the demonstration in front of the KLCC last Friday. In fact, I did not go to the demonstration in front of Wisma Denmark to protest the caricatures…

Raja Petra KamarudinMalaysia's former Prime Minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, admits that 'somebody' paid a lobby fee -- purportedly US$1.2mil (RM4.56mil) -- to arrange his 2002 meeting with United…

Raja Petra KamarudinIt is quite understandable many would harbour reservations about some of the articles and reports in Malaysia Today. However, if one was to flashback or review, say the earlier…

Raja Petra KamarudinThis was what I wrote on 26 November 2001 in the Free Anwar Campaign website.KeADILan’s true colours revealed - which is a shade of UMNOThe media had predicted fireworks in…

Raja Petra KamarudinAround five years ago, while holidaying in Japan, Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad gave an interview that revealed much about his relationship with Anwar Ibrahim. Dr…

Raja Petra KamarudinThey say one goes through many changes or transformations throughout one’s life. In your teen years you would invariably only be concerned with having a good time. For me, other…

Raja Petra KamarudinMotorcycles have always been in my blood. I got my first taste of a motorcycle at a very tender age; in fact, before I was even circumcised yet. My grandfather was then the…

Raja Petra KamarudinThese are my top ten reasons for not supporting the opposition:I do not support the opposition because....the opposition has not proven itself capable of running this country. No…

Raja Petra KamarudinWhat has Malaysia Today achieved in its 16 months of existence? Well, apart from introducing a culture of freedom of expression -- which many still think means criticising the…

Raja Petra KamarudinThis is what The Star reported on 28 December 2005:Some four million eligible voters, which forms almost a third of the country’s voters, have not registered themselves with the…

Raja Petra KamarudinThe outcome of the Pengkalan Pasir by-election is by no means an indication that Barisan Nasional is poised to recapture Kelantan. In fact, state Umno liaison committee chairman…

Raja Petra KamaruddinPhew! What a relief! The Commission of Inquiry set up to investigate the alleged incident of the Chinese woman made to do ear squats in the nude in the police station has proven…

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…