KUALA LUMPUR, 25 Nov 2008: The Raja Muda of Perak, Raja Dr Nazrin Shah, has asked the Perak State Fatwa Committee to consider very carefully the ruling on yoga for Muslims. Raja Nazrin, who also heads the Perak Islamic Religious and Malay Customs Council (MAIAMP), said any decision made by the committee on the matter […]
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Jakim wants meeting over yoga ban
IPOH, 25 Nov 2008: The Islamic Development Department Malaysia (Jakim) is asking each state fatwa committee to meet over the decision to ban the systematic practice of yoga for Muslims before the fatwa (edict) is presented to the Malay Rulers for consent. Jakim director-general Datuk Wan Mohamad Datuk Sheikh Abdul Aziz said the implementation of […]
Wong won’t quit Senate deputy president post
By Ng Boon HooiPETALING JAYA, 25 Nov 2008: Newly-appointed MCA secretary-general Datuk Wong Foon Meng said he will not quit his post as Senate deputy president. “The issue of resignation does not arise at all,” Wong told The Nut Graph when asked whether he would tender his resignation after his appointment as secretary-general in the new MCA line-up […]
Accept all fatwa: US imam
By Khairil Anhar(Source: Wikipedia.org) SHAH ALAM, 24 Nov 2008: Muslims should accept all fatwa or opinion produced by scholars, said the National Muslim Chaplain for American Muslims, Sheikh Yusuf Estes. Estes said that “when scholars announced a fatwa, you don’t go shopping for another opinion.” The imam was speaking at a talk on The Truth about Muslims […]
Bar Council to set up special committee to protect lawyers
By Elizabeth LooiPETALING JAYA, 25 Nov 2008: The Malaysian Bar Council plans to set up a special committee to ensure protection for lawyers in view of recent assaults against members of the legal fraternity. Selangor Bar chairperson Rajpal Singh said he had been appointed to set up the committee by Bar Council chairperson Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan. “Most […]
RTM and Info Dept to provide facilities to clarify fatwa
KUALA LUMPUR, 25 Nov 2008: Radio Television Malaysia (RTM) and the Information Department are ready to provide time for quarters concerned to provide clarification to the people about ‘fatwa’ (edicts) issued in the country, said Information Minister Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek. He said RTM and the Information Department had the infrastructure and the facilities to […]
Two die, 16 injured as bus slams into trailer
TAPAH, 25 Nov 2008: An express bus driver and a passenger died while 16 passengers were injured when the bus they were on crashed into a trailer carrying cement about 3km from the Sungkai toll plaza early this morning. Tapah police district chief, Supt Roslan Bek Ahmad, said the dead were driver Mohamad Nizam Wong […]
Police practising selective persecution, says M’sian Bar
By Elizabeth LooiPETALING JAYA, 24 Nov 2008: The police acted unjustly when they detained one group for illegally gathering in public but did not arrest another, said the Malaysian Bar. Bar president Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan said both groups were exercising their right to freedom of assembly as enshrined in the Federal Constitution. One assembly was held to […]
Govt has approved prisoners transfer programme
LANGKAWI, 24 Nov 2008: The government has approved the ‘Transfer of Prisoners Programme’ which allows the prisoner to undergo the final year of his sentence in his own country under the parole system. Home Minister Datuk Sri Syed Hamid Albar said the government will discuss the matter further with countries interested to participate in the […]
Kedah reverts to 30% quota
By Elizabeth LooiPETALING JAYA, 24 Nov 2008: The Kedah government has aborted its proposed 50% housing quota for bumiputera and reverted to the original 30% following objections from several quarters. Kedah and Perlis Rehda chairperson Ricque Liew told The Nut Graph that Menteri Besar (MB) Datuk Seri Azizan Abdul Razak agreed in a closed-door meeting to drop […]
