Malaysia | Government ban on Christians using the A-Word is both absurd and wrong
What’s in a word? In Malaysia, plenty: a single word in the wrong hands apparently has the power to convert, …
Category Archives: religious freedom
Defender of the Faiths: Lessons in Tolerance
I was in Berlin attending a meeting when the terrorist attacks in Paris took place. I found the views of …
The Silence of Our Muslims by Mariam Mokhtar
1:30AM Jan 12, 2015 By Mariam Mokhtar The Silence of our Muslims The bullets that killed the cartoonists in Paris …
Voices of hope – Sultanah of Johore rebukes anti-Merry Christmas extremists and bigots
Raja Zarith Sofia Sultan Idris Shah [Left] If Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Isa (Jesus), a prophet …
Comment: Hudud in Kelantan – an ill-conceived and retrogressive move that should be strongly resisted
In recent days, the issue of introducing hudud [Islamic penal code based on Shariah] has once again come to the …
A few good men
COMMENT: Edmund Burke [Irish orator, philosopher & politician 1729-1797] famously remarked that “All that is necessary for the triumph of …
Hudud & the unfinished debate about Malaysia’s future
HUDUD & THE UNFINISHED DEBATE ABOUT MALAYSIA’S FUTURE The two private members’ bills in Parliament to allow the implementation of …
Religious intolerance and the murder of Shahbaz Bhatti
Thursday March 17, 2011 Pakistan: Spiralling into a failed state DIPLOMATICALLY SPEAKING By DENNIS IGNATIUS Pakistan can only begin the journey …
The end of national unity and the road to perdition
Ridhuan Tee’s defence of the actions of Prime Minister Najib’s aides in removing Christian symbols from a Christmas gathering recently …
Reasonable accommodation under threat
“Reasonable accommodation” – the idea that the majority has a moral obligation to accommodate the rights of minorities in a …
Dennis Ignatius 
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