Posted on 09 October 2009 Shape of a Pocket by Jacqueline Ann Surin.
APPARENTLY, President Barack Obama has done it again. Heaped praises on Malaysia as a role model Muslim nation that is progressive and moderate. Obama (© Pete Souza, The Obama-Biden Transition Project / Wiki Commons) and Najib The first time it was reported in Malaysia that the highly-popular US chief executive gave the thumbs up for [...]
Tags: Jacqueline Ann Surin, Obama, Shape of a Pocket, bilateral, citizens, conservative, image, moderate, muslim, najib, politics, public relations, relationships, responsibility, world leaders
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Posted on 30 June 2009 By Shanon Shah.
The prime minister’s office in Putrajaya (Public domain; source: Wiki commons) PETALING JAYA, 30 June 2009: Malay Malaysians are the group least ready to accept a non-male, non-Malay or non-Muslim as prime minister, a Merdeka Center for Opinion Research survey has found. Of the 2,518 randomly selected Malaysian youths aged between 20 and 35 polled [...]
Tags: Chinese, Chinese medium schools, East Malaysia, Ibrahim Suffian, Indian, Malay, Malaysian, Merdeka Centre, Woman, conservative, identify, islam, muslim, non-Malay, non-muslim, young
Posted in News
Posted on 27 November 2008 By Rafil Elyas.
The following is a response to the article Creation of award for authors of children’s books published on 14 Nov in The Nut Graph. In anticipation of the above, I’d like to propose a first draft of: Guidelines for the Malaysian Excellence in Literature Award for Youth Unity (Melayu) Submissions Submissions to Melayu must comply [...]
Tags: MELAYU, children, children's stories, conservative, fairytales, fatwa, fictional, funny, guidelines, infidels, interjections, islam, kafir, letter, om, questionable, satire, tomboys, writing guide, yoga
Posted in Letters to the Editor
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