KUALA LUMPUR, 14 Aug 2008: Datuk Arif Shah Omar Shah is the most qualified candidate to take on PKR de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim in the Permatang Pauh by-election, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. Abdullah, who is also Barisan Nasional (BN) chairman, said local boy Arif Shah, 52, had a […]
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Danish cartoonist, editor to face trial in Jordan over Prophet cartoon
AMMAN, 14 Aug 2008: The Danish artist and editor involved in the Prophet Muhammad cartoon dispute will face trial in the Jordanian capital, Xinhua news agency quoted a local daily as reporting. Kurt Westergaard, the 73-year-old cartoonist whose depiction of the Prophet Muhammad in the Jyllands-Posten in September 2005 sparked worldwide fury, said he was […]