Zakir Naik: hypocrisy & double standards
Faced with the possibility of being served with an extradition order to return to India to face charges of money …
Category Archives: International Affairs
The radicalization of Malaysia: A reply to MAPIM
En. Mohd Azmi Abdul Hamid, president of the Malaysian Consultative Council of Islamic Organization (Mapim), writing in response to my …
Zakir Naik and the radicalization of Malaysia Baru
According to news reports, the IGP warned that the police had “uncovered a plan by foreign militants to use …
The Rome Statute & the threat to Malaysia’s constitutional democracy
Like many Malaysians, I am utterly dismayed, even disgusted, with the way Malaysia’s accession to the Rome Statute, the treaty …
The colour of human misery
(AP Photo) At a recent symposium on Yemen, one of the panellists, a prominent Muslim social activist, lamented the lack …
The Rohingya crisis: Appoint Anwar as special envoy
In New York last week, Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohammad added his voice, not for the first time, to the …
Good friend or recalcitrant neighbour?
On Friday, Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad will travel to Beijing to begin his much-anticipated official visit to China, the …
The CIA letter & the treason option
Recent calls by the Patriots Association and others to thoroughly investigate a letter allegedly written by Hasanah Ab Hamid,the former …
BOOK RELEASE: DIPLOMATICALLY SPEAKING by Dennis Ignatius
I am happy to announce that my book Diplomatically Speaking: Dispatches from the Best Democracy We Never Had is now available at …
Tarnishing Malaysia’s image
In the wake of a recent meeting with European Union ambassadors, Dr Mahathir and the Opposition have been accused, in …
