PARTI Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Member of Parliament (MP) Zulkifli Noordin recently tried to move a series of constitutional amendments that would elevate the status of Islam in the country’s administration. We know what he is asking for, but do we actually know why he is doing it? The Nut Graph spoke exclusively to Zulkifli via […]
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Zulkifli moves to amend Federal Constitution
By Shanon Shah(Zulkifli image source: zul4kulim.blogspot.com; al-Quran pic by Crystalina / Flickr) PETALING JAYA, 23 March 2009: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Member of Parliament (MP) Zulkifli Noordin has tried to move four motions in Parliament to amend the Federal Constitution regarding the status of Islam. The first motion is to amend Article 3(1) to: “Islam is the […]
MAIPP appeal on apostasy case dismissed
PENANG, 16 March 2009: The Penang Islamic Religious Council (MAIPP) appeal to set aside the decision by the Penang Syariah High Court which declared that Siti Fatimah Tan Abdullah @ Tan Ean Huang, 39, was no longer a Muslim was dismissed today. Penang Shariah Appeals Court Syarie Chief Judge/Director of the Malaysian Syariah Judicial Department […]
Senada streamlining syariah laws
KUALA LUMPUR, 11 March 2009: Senada, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) for Muslim women, is preparing an action plan to expedite the process of streamlining syariah laws in Malaysia. Its chairperson Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil said Senada’s secretariat was in the process of getting feedback on the matter and would submit their findings to the […]
Abdullah will not embarrass govt
KUALA LUMPUR, 24 Feb 2009: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said last night he would not do anything which would embarrass the government once he stepped down as prime minister. “That doesn’t mean you cannot do something. You can do something (constructive) without embarrassing the government,” he said at a dinner chat with […]
For Allah’s sake
By Jacqueline Ann SurinWHEN the Home Ministry forbids a non-Muslim group from saying “Allah”, then attempts to prevent it from publishing in Malay, the government is imposing more than a ban. In both instances, the Barisan Nasional (BN)-led government is forcefully applying exclusivity for both the pre-Islamic name for the Almighty and the national language. The BN does […]
Muslim students demonstrate against Israel
KOTA BARU, 1 Jan 2009: About 1,000 students of Universiti Malaya’s Academy of Islamic Studies and the Sultan Ismail Petra International Islamic College (Kias) held a peaceful demonstration today against the Israeli aggression in the Gaza Strip. Kias president Syed Ridhuan Syed Kamar Kamaruddin said the 30-minute gathering at Dataran Kias was held to express […]
Muslim NGOs submit memorandum
PENANG, 29 Dec 2008: About 4,000 members of Muslim non-governmental organisations (NGOs) gathered peacefully at the Polo field here before proceeding to the official residence of Yang Dipertua Negeri Tun Abdul Rahman Abbas in Jalan Utama to submit a memorandum. The members, from 20 Muslim NGOs under Yayasan Aminul Ummah Malaysia, started gathering from 8am […]
The Muharram dilemma
By Marina MahathirThe Sultan Ahmed mosque in Istanbul (© Travis Reitter. Source: wikipedia.org) MY mother used to tell us children that she was born on Awal Muharram, the Muslim New Year. This was a matter of trivial interest to us because we think of her birthday as falling on 12 July. That date happened to fall on […]
Hijrah reflections
By Aloysious MoweFireworks commissioned by the Zabbar Parish Church (public domain / wikipedia.org) NEW YEAR celebrations are generally marked by excess and glitz. The midnight sky over big cities in most countries is lit up with firework displays, and most people seek out crowds and companionship as the chimes of midnight sound. We talk of “seeing in” […]
