BISMILLAHIR Rahmannir Rahim. Dengan nama Allah yang Maha Pengasih lagi Maha Penyayang. Rahman dan Rahim. Dua dari 99 nama Tuhan yang sentiasa disebut oleh umat Islam. Allah mahu kita semua ingat dua sifat ini, lebih dari yang lainnya. Namun, nampaknya sifat Allah yang Maha Pengasih lagi Maha Penyayang ini yang sering dilupakan dan tidak dijiwai […]
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PAS’s balancing act
By Lainie YeohLainie Yeoh is a graphic designer. She drinks alcohol, goes for rock concerts, and had to choose between PAS, Umno, or spoiling the vote during the last elections. The Nut Graph needs your support
A day with the “deviants”
By Shanon ShahCorrected at 4:30pm, 30 Sept 2009 “FROM what we see, Islam [in Malaysia] appears like a one-way religion. But in the Quran, it’s not like this. Even if someone apostates, it’s not another human being’s right to persecute them,” Ainul Yakin Muhd Zin, 41, tells The Nut Graph. Perhaps this is why the sect that […]
The non-Muslim Muslims
By Shanon Shah
Corrected at 4:30pm, 30 Sept 2009 IN April 2009, the Selangor Islamic Affairs Council (MAIS) officially forbade the Ahmadiyah community in the state from performing their own Friday prayers. This news, however, did not make headlines — after all, there are at most only 2,000 Ahmadiyah in all of Malaysia, and at most only 600 […]
Hasan Ali — PR member?
By Ding Jo-AnnOn Selcat “Our aim is to restore confidence among the public and there is a need for an independent committee to probe into the misused state allocations. But there is an oversight in the formation of Selcat, as it is simply not seen as independent, all because the seven panel members are politicians.” Selangor PAS […]
Upholding diversity in Islam
By Deborah LohDr Hamidah Marican SISTERS in Islam (SIS) has a new executive director, Dr Hamidah Marican, who took over the helm from Zainah Anwar on 6 July 2009. Over the past 21 years, the outspoken organisation which promotes justice and fairness in the name of Islam, has often been targeted for attacks by those who deem […]
Berdialog dengan PAS
Oleh Shanon ShahDialog anjuran musicForum (Gambar oleh musicForum) “MINTA maaf ya, ustaz, saya ada pengakuan,” kata saya. “Dalam kolum saya, teruk juga saya tibai ustaz tentang pendirian Pemuda PAS berkenaan konsert Michael Learns to Rock.” Ketua Pemuda PAS, Nasrudin Hassan at Tantawi, senyum selamba saja. “Saya tak ambil hati. Kalau macam tu, Datuk Zaid Ibrahim pun mengkritik […]
Do secular laws benefit Muslims?
By Shanon Shah“IN order for me to embrace, fully and publicly, my African-American, feminist lesbian identity, I didn’t believe I could simultaneously embrace, fully and publicly, my Muslim identity,” Aishah Shahidah Simmons tells The Nut Graph. “But given all the repression I’ve faced as an African-American, feminist lesbian, I have so many privileges in the world as […]
Islamic vs liberal values
By Zedeck Siew“MALAYSIAN society is faced with a collision of values,” says new Angkatan Belia Islam Malaysia (Abim) president Muhamad Razak Idris. “There are two elements in this conflict. First, the rise of commitment to living according to Islamic religious values. Second, the increasing influence of liberal ideas, due to globalisation.” Razak, a lecturer at Universiti Kebangsaan […]
Working with PAS
By Boon Kia MengThe writer (right) distributing leaflets while on a walkabout in Permatang Pasir (Pic courtesy of Boon Kia Meng) MUCH has been said and countless analyses have been made since PAS beat Umno in the recent Permatang Pasir by-election by a majority of 4,551 votes. Statistics and results can often be used to spin different narratives […]
