Why we ought to be concerned about the Education Ministry’s latest religious module
The government’s recent decision to introduce the “Imam Al-Nawawi’s 40 Hadis” appreciation module in both religious and public schools has created …
Category Archives: Islam
Secular democracy or Islamic theocracy?
One of the questions I always get especially from non-Muslims when I question the policies and actions of the unity …
Why empowering JAKIM is wrong
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s invitation to JAKIM to go beyond its traditional role of preaching, training and jointly organising Quran …
Why Hadi is the face of Malaysia’s future Part 2: No one left to stand up for secular Malaysia
What is needed, of course, is a concerted effort to confront the political narrative of Islamists like Hadi, but that …
Why Hadi is the face of Malaysia’s future
Part 1: The “invisible” constitution & the emerging Islamic state PAS president Hadi Awang is getting more and more extreme …
Fraying ethnic relations affecting foreign policy consensus
A series of recent controversial foreign policy statements by Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has exposed the increasingly deep divisions …
Kuala Lumpur Islamic Summit: old ideas & new realities
The speeches and forums are over. The visitors have left. Malaysians, if they even bothered to follow the grandly named …
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 …
The offence of the cross
Yet another brouhaha about a cross made headlines last week. A series of lights in a new residential apartment block …
What’s so special about Zakir Naik?
What’s so special about Zakir Naik? Why is he so uniquely deserving of Putrajaya’s support and attention? These are among the …
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