Dr Ahmad Farouk Musa (Background image source: Wiki commons) CAN Muslims and non-Muslims question or critique Islamic laws? Are Islamic laws inherently unjust? Should Malaysia be an Islamic state? Does one need to be an Islamic “authority” in order to figure these issues out? Islamic Renaissance Front founder and chairperson Dr Ahmad Farouk Musa shares […]
Archives for April 2010
Nasharudin Mat Isa (Bachok)
By Deborah LohCorrected at 10.45am, 9 April 2010 (Corrected) BACHOK Member of Parliament (MP) Nasharudin Mat Isa’s response to the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project, which asks all 222 MPs six questions. (source: parlimen.gov.my)Name: Nasharudin Mat Isa Constituency: Bachok Party: PAS (Opposition)Years as MP: 1999-2004 (Yan) 2008-present (Bachok) Government position: None Party position: Deputy president Chief […]
Why MP Watch?
By Astro Awani
IN this TV report by Astro Awani, journalist Marlina Manaf interviews The Nut Graph‘s editors Jacqueline Ann Surin and Deborah Loh about the purpose of the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project. The report, which was broadcast on Astro Awani at 7:45pm on 18 Feb 2010, also examined some of the responses that The Nut […]
Tan Ah Eng (Gelang Patah) [Updated]
By Deborah Loh and Ding Jo-AnnUpdated 11.15pm, 9 April 2010 (source: parlimen.gov.my) Name: Tan Ah EngConstituency: Gelang Patah Party: MCA Years as MP: Since 2004 Government post: None Party post: Johor Wanita chairperson Wanita deputy chief (as of 8 April 2010) Membership in parliamentary committee or caucus: Public Accounts Committee member Barisan Nasional Backbenchers’ Club committee member Blog/website: None […]
A front for Islamic renaissance
By Shanon ShahDr Ahmad Farouk Musa; background: the launch of the Islamic Renaissance Front on 12 Dec 2009 (Background pic courtesy of IRF) DR Ahmad Farouk Musa, cardiothoracic surgeon and academic, is also founder and chairperson of the Islamic Renaissance Front (IRF). With the many Islamic groups already flooding the Malaysian landscape, do we need more Islamic […]
Better Malaysia, worse Malaysia
By Ding Jo-AnnPerforming in Bunga Manggar Bunga Raya; Five Arts Centre, 2007 (Pic by Phillip Craig; all pics courtesy of Mark Teh) INTRODUCING Mark Teh with a short sentence is not easy. The director–educator–producer–performer–researcher says he tries not to place his various pursuits in a hierarchy. “I suppose I function more like a historian, more than anything […]
Chow Kon Yeow (Tanjong)
By Ding Jo-AnnTANJONG Member of Parliament (MP) Chow Kon Yeow responds to the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project, which asks all 222 MPs six questions. (Source: parlimen.gov.my) Name: Chow Kon YeowConstituency: Tanjong Party: DAP (Opposition) Years as MP: Since 1999 Government position: None Party position: Penang DAP chairperson Membership in parliamentary committees or caucuses: None Blog/website: http://chow.blogsome.com Would you support the abolition/review of the […]
Tony Pua Kiam Wee (Petaling Jaya Utara)
By Deborah Loh, Ding Jo-Ann and Patrick Kratzenstein(source: parlimen.gov.my)PETALING Jaya Utara Member of Parliament (MP) Tony Pua Kiam Wee’s response to the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project, which asks all 222 MPs six questions. Name: Tony Pua Kiam Wee Constituency: PJ Utara Party: DAP (Opposition) Years as MP: Since 2008 Government post: None Party position: National publicity secretary Membership in any parliamentary committee or caucus: Public accounts committee member […]
Why fight?
By Wong Chin Huat(Boxing gloves by januszek / sxc.hu) DOES it matter if the MCA stops fighting after the 28 March 2010 party election? On one level, I don’t think so. After all, just 10 days after its elections during which Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek made a remarkable comeback as party president, the MCA’s newsworthiness has […]
Testing the MBPJ
By KW MakLOCAL government elections seems to be a hot topic in Malaysia’s current political landscape. The belief is that a local council would be more accountable to the taxpaying public if elections are held. The Election Commission, however, will not conduct local government elections because it violates the Local Government Act. So while we are stuck […]
