PENAHANAN Datuk Dr Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin bekas Mufti Perlis oleh pihak Jabatan Agama Islam Negeri Selangor (JAIS) telah menimbulkan kekeliruan dikalangan masyarakat Islam terutama di Selangor. Selaku individu yang berada ditempat berlakunya majlis ilmu berkenaan, saya rasa terpanggil untuk menjelaskan beberapa perkara yang mengelirukan berdasarkan kepada beberapa laporan akhbar yang saya rasa telah memetik […]
Arresting Asri an act of injustice
By Dr Chandra MuzaffarTHE arrest of former Perlis Mufti Dr Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin raises disturbing questions: Isn’t it unjust to arrest a person and take him [or her] to court while investigations on him [or her] are still ongoing? Doesn’t this smack of arbitrariness and high-handedness, and doesn’t it erode established judicial norms and the rule of […]
Captured: Fish fry
By Lainie YeohLainie Yeoh is unimpressed.
November 2009
Repeal Section 498, groups say Corrected 12.10pm, 23 Nov 2009 The four women’s groups which called for a press conference to call for Section 498 to be repealed mistakenly thought that there were six reported cases prior to Daphne Iking’s case. The women’s groups also erroneously reported that all of these earlier cases were thrown […]
Call for more regional interfaith collaborations
By Shanon ShahParticipants of different faiths in prayer PERTH, 30 Oct 2009: Participants at the Fifth Regional Interfaith Dialogue released the Perth Declaration today, which focuses on building religious leaders committed to interfaith collaboration for the common good of humanity. The declaration has 14 recommendations, including meeting the needs of marginalised youth who might be targets of […]
Gudang Pasir MCA calls for Tee Keat boycott
JOHOR BARU, 30 Oct 2009: The Pasir Gudang MCA division has called for a boycott of party president Ong Tee Keat’s activities in the state. Its head, Tan Cher Puk, who is also the state MCA treasurer, said that Ong, who is the Johor MCA chief, had betrayed the trust of the members. He told […]
Budget 2010: Before and after
By Lainie YeohLainie Yeoh is a graphic designer who doesn’t want to pay for her credit cards.
Court grants Kedah speaker leave for review of EC decision
KUALA LUMPUR, 30 Oct 2009: The High Court here today granted leave to Kedah State Legislative Assembly Speaker Datuk Dr Abdul Isa Ismail to file for a judicial review of the Election Commission (EC)’s decision to retain Datuk Abu Hassan Sarif as the Kota Siputeh assemblyperson. Justice Datuk Alizatul Khair Osman Khairuddin held that the […]
Anwar case: Court to decide on DNA sample, documents on 6 Nov
PUTRAJAYA, 30 Oct 2009: The prosecution and PKR de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim need to wait until 6 Nov for the Court of Appeal to decide on documents and a specimen DNA sample taken from Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan. Anwar, 62, is charged with sodomising Mohd Saiful, 24, his former aide, at […]
S’gor govt blames MBSA for temple demolition
SHAH ALAM, 29 Oct 2009: The Selangor state government today blamed the Shah Alam Town Council (MBSA) for the demolition of a purported temple on Jalan Persiaran Kerjaya, Section U1 on 21 Oct. Selangor executive councillor Dr Xavier Jayakumar, who is also chairperson of the Selangor Non-Muslim Houses of Worship Committee, said MBSA’s action was […]
