MOST would define “peace” as “the absence of war”. Indeed it was the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy who wrote the epic novel War and Peace, contrasting one against the other. Two years ago, I received a Christmas card with a tearaway section that could be used as a bookmark long after you’d chucked away the […]
Fatwas 101
By Shanon ShahIMAM Feisal Abdul Rauf is the imam of Masjid Al-Farah in New York City, barely 12 blocks from the site of the 11 Sept 2001 attacks on the World Trade Centre. He is also CEO of the American Society for Muslim Advancement (Asma). Established in 1997, Asma is a Muslim organisation committed to bringing Muslims […]
Yea and nay to HIV screening
By The Nut Graph team“Next year, we will make it mandatory for all states to impose the HIV screening as part of the pre-marital course [for Muslims].” The Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak as quoted by Bernama on 18 Nov announcing new measures to reduce HIV infections among women, which are on the rise. Currently only […]
Sarawak’s renewed political hopes
By Sim Kwang YangIllustration of Dayak people, dated 1864 (Public domain; source: Wikipedia.org) SARAWAK’S Dayaks seldom feature with any significance in the national imagination of Malaysia, and certainly do not make headlines in the national media. This reflects the political marginalisation of the Dayaks in their home state. The Dayaks collectively make up nearly half the state’s population, […]
Police fallibility
By The Nut Graph team“I hope that before you all write your news, you will consult me first, and make sure such things really happened. Is there anything wrong with that?” In a Malaysiakini report on 9 Dec, the Selangor police chief Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar took umbrage at the media for highlighting allegations about the actions of rescue […]
Sussing out voter sentiment
By Deborah LohTHE Kuala Terengganu by-election on 17 Jan is being used by some to measure Malay sentiment towards prime minister-in-waiting Datuk Seri Najib Razak and Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. The battle for the parliamentary seat is also expected to be an indicator of which has more currency in the changed scenario after the March […]
The Adventures of Agongman!
By Zedeck SiewSO, this arrived at my Inbox through unidentifiable but guaranteed legitimate sources. The dutiful entertainment insider that I am, I serve my readers, even the comic-book, super-hero, leotard-loving nerds. (I am one, myself.) This is exciting. The nerdier among us will know of Super President, DePatie-Freleng’s critically acclaimed and largely unnoticed Saturday morning pleasure. If […]
Monetising music
By Ooi Ying Nee(© Sherri Camp/Dreamstime) NOTHING worries independent recording artist Jerome Kugan more than the fact that there is a generation of music lovers who have never paid for music. “Lots of these kids love music and they download a lot of stuff. One day I casually asked one of them, ‘What was the last CD you […]
PKR national congress in full swing
By Ng Boon Hooi
Corrected on 2 Dec 2008 at 6pm PARTI Keadilan Rakyat (PKR)’s 5th National Congress is being held at Stadium Malawati in Shah Alam from 29 to 30 Nov 2008, with the Youth and Wanita wings’ congress having taken place on 28 Nov. (Corrected) The congress, attended by 1,927 delegates and over 1,200 party observers, is […]
PKR wants royal veto power restored
By Elizabeth LooiPKR president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail delivers her speech at the party’s fifth national congress SHAH ALAM, 29 Nov 2008: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) wants to restore the royal veto power and the dignity of the constitutional monarchy. That restoring of veto power means the Agong will have the discretion to reject […]
