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Disquiet in Beijing, Frustration in Putrajaya

September 2, 2018

  During his visit to Beijing last month, Dr Mahathir reached an understanding of sorts with the Chinese leadership on …

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No tears for Vasantha

February 13, 2018

A thirteen-year-old Form Two student Vasanthapriya committed suicide recently after being accused of theft. Strangely, even before her family has …

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Malaysian Islamic party leader says Chinese Christians to blame for opposition to Islamic agenda

June 4, 2015

The Malaysian Insider (June 3rd) reports that Nik Zawawi (above) a leader from the ulama wing of the Islamic Party …

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IGP warns questioning Islam & hudud could provoke ISIS attack!

March 26, 2015

Malaysia’s Inspector-General of Police, Khalid Abu Bakar, is in a class of his own. Instead of upholding and defending the …

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Defender of the Faiths: Lessons in Tolerance

January 19, 2015

I was in Berlin attending a meeting when the terrorist attacks in Paris took place. I found the views of …

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“The Biggest Environmental Crime Of Our Times” ~ National Geographic

January 16, 2015

Comment: Corruption, indifference and neglect have led to massive destruction of the rainforest; its wealth plundered on an unimaginable scale, …

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Malaysia | It’s not just about PM Najib stepping down but about UMNO changing direction

January 14, 2015

In the last few weeks there have been fresh calls for Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak to step down. …

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The Silence of Our Muslims by Mariam Mokhtar

January 12, 2015

1:30AM Jan 12, 2015 By Mariam Mokhtar The Silence of our Muslims The bullets that killed the cartoonists in Paris …

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Voices of hope | Je suis Charlie

January 11, 2015

Kudos to Jahabar Sadiq, editor of Malaysian Insider, for his clear and unequivocal position against the terrorists who attacked the …

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Comment: Hudud in Kelantan – an ill-conceived and retrogressive move that should be strongly resisted

December 24, 2014

In recent days, the issue of introducing hudud [Islamic penal code based on Shariah] has once again come to the …

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We will “be forever a sovereign democratic and independent state founded upon the principles of liberty and justice and ever seeking the welfare and happiness of its people and the maintenance of a just peace among all nations.” – Tunku Abdul Rahman’s Proclamation of Independence speech, August 31st 1957

“When the people fear the government there is tyranny, when the government fears the people there is liberty” ~ John Basil Barnhill

The Short Shrift

Is it about drink-driving or pushing a religious agenda?

The way some of our politicians are getting worked up about the whole drink-driving issue makes me wonder whether other agendas are driving the issue. Let’s get one thing straight: drink-driving (or driving while intoxicated) is just plain wrong. It endangers innocent lives and must never be tolerated. Many countries have very strict drink-driving laws […]

Crooks, the whole lot of them

The slew of accusations now being traded between former leaders about corruption, nepotism and malfeasance in office has, no doubt, confirmed what most Malaysians have long suspected: that their leaders are all corrupt and untrustworthy. They come around waving the flag and pretending to be great patriots but they are just opportunists out to enrich […]

Pigs in the house?

There was an interesting article in the media last September about the state of Malacca being invaded by pigs from across the Strait. Apparently, they were abandoning their habitat for greener pastures. Barely a month later, there was another newspaper headline that read “Question on pigs sparks off heated exchange at Melaka state assembly.” It […]

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