Posted on 15 July 2013 Shape of a Pocket by Jacqueline Ann Surin.
THE problem with the Administration of the Religion of Islam (Federal Territories) Bill 2013 wasn’t just that it was “unfair” to non-Muslims or controversial. The reason it has no place in Malaysia is that the bill entrenches inequalities and does so in the name of Islam.
Tags: Administration of the Religion of Islam (Federal Territories) Bill 2013, conversion, Dr Abd Rani Osman, Federal Constitution, Federal Territories Bill, islam, Jacqueline Ann Surin, Muhyiddin Yassin, National Fatwa Council, Nazri Aziz, R Subashini, Reid Commission, religion, rights, Shape of a Pocket, syariah
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Posted on 28 May 2012 Asam Pedas oleh Norhayati Kaprawi.
FATWA yang dianggap suci semakin menjadi bahan nista dan ketawa. Pendapat ulama serta undang-undang yang dibuat oleh para agamawan kerap menjadi kontroversi dan pengharaman bermacam-macam perkara kerap juga buat orang geleng kepala. Apakah sejarah pembentukan fatwa dalam Islam, sebenarnya?
Tags: Ahmad Wahib, Asam Pedas, Badrulamin Bahron, Bersih, Dr Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin, fatwa, Fiqh Perempuan, Harussani Zakaria, Imam Shafi'e, islam, Jawatankuasa Majlis Fatwa Kebangsaan, jurisprudence, Muhyiddin Yassin, Muzakarah, Nabi Muhammad, Norhayati Kaprawi, pas, poco-poco, quran, Tunku Mansor Tunku Kassim, Zunar
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Posted on 12 March 2012 Work in Progress by Hwa Yue-Yi.
IF only voting were easy. For one thing, I’m still waiting for the Election Commission (EC) secretariat to tell me why my absent voter application was rejected. If the EC eventually approves my application — or if the elections coincide with my summer research at home — and if intra-party seat allocations don’t change, I’ll […]
Tags: Abdul Hadi Awang, absent voter, Alliance Party, Barisan Nasional, Buku Jingga, Election Commission, ethnicity, Hwa Yue-Yi, identity, Karpal Singh, manifesto, Muhyiddin Yassin, nationhood, Pakatan Rakyat, race, vote, voters rights, Work in Progress
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Posted on 18 April 2011 By Ding Jo-Ann.
IN the lead-up to the Sarawak elections, the prime minister and his deputy went all out to convince voters that Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud would step down after the state election because he was “ready”. But what does “after” and “ready” really mean? Is it “someday” as the deputy prime minister has stated or in “two to three years” as Taib has claimed? Clearly, vague rhetoric is useful for politicians to keep their options open especially now that the Barisan Nasional has again secured its two-thirds majority in the state assembly.
Tags: BN, Borneo Post, Ding Jo-Ann, Muhyiddin Yassin, Najib Abdul Razak, Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu, PBB, Sarawak, Taib Mahmud
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Posted on 10 January 2011 Shape of a Pocket by Jacqueline Ann Surin.
WHAT comes to mind when Malaysia‘s political leaders declare that Malaysia’s strength lies in its diversity? Do we believe the claim that is being made? And if yes, do we believe that they too, believe in these pronouncements they make and that they will do anything to defend Malaysia’s diversity? There is ample evidence that […]
Tags: 1Malaysia, Ahmadiyya, diversity, education ministry, hartal, history, Jacqueline Ann Surin, MAIS, Muhyiddin Yassin, Ranjit Singh Malhi, Shape of a Pocket, textbooks, tolerance
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Posted on 08 November 2010 By Gan Pei Ling.
ARE transportation reimbursements, alms for the poor, land titles and welfare allocations given during a by-election just different forms of inducement? Even PAS is not exempt from the very thing it accuses the Barisan Nasional of. Perhaps the only difference is which party the Election Commission dismisses.
Tags: Abd Halim Abd Rahman, Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof, Article 10, Batu Sapi, bribe, bribery, by-election, Election Commission, Elections Offences Act, Found in Quotation, Galas, Gan Pei Ling, graft, Gua Musang, incentive, inducement, Ku Li, Muhyiddin Yassin, nik aziz, Orang Asli, pas, television set, Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, Umno, vote-buying, Wan Abdul Rahim Wan Abdullah, Wan Ahmad Wan Omar, wang zakat
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