Sabah: Opening the door to extremism and bigotry
Brushing aside the vehement objections of many Sabahans, Chief Minister Hajiji Mohd Noor has gone ahead and appointed a PAS …
Category Archives: Religion
Message to the voters of Sabah: Save yourselves!
In a little more than a week the people of Sabah will return to the polls to elect a new …
The normalization of bigotry & intolerance
In the midst of a heated argument in Parliament on amendments to the Road Transport Act to toughen the penalties …
Coronavirus, breweries & wannabe mullahs
As usual, we keep getting fixated on the wrong things at the wrong time. In the middle of a deadly …
Haram to be Malaysian?
PAS president Hadi Awang, discussing his involvement in the recently concluded Kongres Maruah Melayu (KMM) – by all counts, an …
This Malaysia Day let’s boycott hate and fear
There’s no escaping the fact that we are now a nation deeply divided, full of suspicion and fear, instinctively reacting …
I weep for you Oh Malaysia
A few days ago, a friend sent me the video of Anneke Gronloh’s 1960’s hit song, “Oh Malaysia.” Watching it …
Why empower a demagogue like Zakir Naik?
Whatever else you may say about the man, and I have said much about him, one thing is certain: he’s …
Will khat make us more Malaysian?
In an ultimately vain attempt to quell the storm within his own ranks over the khat controversy, DAP’s Lim Kit …
Khat: an unnecessary distraction
Insisting that khat (a form of Malay-Arabic calligraphy) is suddenly “an integral part of Malaysia’s national identity and Bahasa …
