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Category Archives: Religion

Sabah: Opening the door to extremism and bigotry

October 11, 2020

Brushing aside the vehement objections of many Sabahans, Chief Minister Hajiji Mohd Noor has gone ahead and appointed a PAS …

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Message to the voters of Sabah: Save yourselves!

September 17, 2020

In a little more than a week the people of Sabah will return to the polls to elect a new …

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The normalization of bigotry & intolerance

September 13, 2020

In the midst of a heated argument in Parliament on amendments to the Road Transport Act to toughen the penalties …

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Coronavirus, breweries & wannabe mullahs

April 7, 2020

As usual, we keep getting fixated on the wrong things at the wrong time. In the middle of a deadly …

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Haram to be Malaysian?

October 13, 2019

PAS president Hadi Awang, discussing his involvement in the recently concluded Kongres Maruah Melayu (KMM) – by all counts, an …

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This Malaysia Day let’s boycott hate and fear

September 13, 2019

There’s no escaping the fact that we are now a nation deeply divided, full of suspicion and fear, instinctively reacting …

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I weep for you Oh Malaysia

August 28, 2019

A few days ago, a friend sent me the video of Anneke Gronloh’s 1960’s hit song, “Oh Malaysia.” Watching it …

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Why empower a demagogue like Zakir Naik?

August 14, 2019

Whatever else you may say about the man, and I have said much about him, one thing is certain: he’s …

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Will khat make us more Malaysian?

August 12, 2019

In an ultimately vain attempt to quell the storm within his own ranks over the khat controversy, DAP’s Lim Kit …

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Khat: an unnecessary distraction

August 6, 2019

  Insisting that khat (a form of Malay-Arabic calligraphy) is suddenly “an integral part of Malaysia’s national identity and Bahasa …

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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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