“If you are not a fisher[folk], you cannot talk about fishing. It’s the same with SIS (Sisters in Islam), if you do not have knowledge about Islam, you cannot talk about Islam.” PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang, on why he is adamant that the Muslim women’s non-governmental organisation should still be silenced despite […]
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Zaid: SIS need not drop “Islam”
By Shanon ShahPETALING JAYA, 11 June 2009: Former Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Zaid Ibrahim has hit out at calls for Sisters in Islam (SIS) to drop “Islam” from its name. Zaid “Most probably those who make such demands are not familiar with SIS’s activities,” Zaid said in a posting on his blog today. He […]
The hybrid-Malay Malaysian dilemma
By Shanon ShahDR Farish Noor is a prolific academic. The founder of The Other Malaysia project writes on the politics of Malaysia, Indonesia, Islamism, and old Malay hikayats with gusto and insight. He has been published everywhere. Well, nearly. It makes one wonder what he does to de-stress. “I repair old batik, I knit and I stitch,” […]
PAS’s contradictions of convenience
By Shanon Shah“Menyedari bahawa aliran dan pandangan yang dibawa oleh Sisters in Islam (SIS) boleh mengelirukan masyarakat; “Menginsafi pendekatan mereka mudah meresapi pemikiran dan mengancam aqidah umat Islam terutamanya golongan muda dan berpendidikan sekular; “Maka, muktamar PAS Pusat yang bersidang pada hari ini 11-13 Jamadilakhir 1430 bersamaan 5-7 Jun 2009 di Stadium Malawati, Shah Alam mengusulkan dan […]
Bintang rock masa kini
Oleh Shanon ShahBERIBU-RIBU penonton sudah berkumpul di depan pentas persembahan, menanti-nanti ketibaan bintang pujaan mereka. Apabila diumumkan ketibaan bintang pujaan tersebut, gemuruh tepukan tangan dan sorakan dari penonton seolah-olah tiada tandingannya. Bunyi tepukan dan sorakan ini tidak surut sehinggalah bintang pujaan mereka naik ke pentas. Setelah mengucapkan terima kasih, bintang pujaan ini mula bersuara. Para penonton kesemuanya […]
Islamic state, actually
By Shanon ShahPAS delegates lined up to salam with the incoming and outgoing leadership after the muktamar officially closed on 7 June 2009 WITH PAS, it was never really about “progressives” versus “conservatives”, or “professionals” versus “ulama”. It is, and always has been, about setting up an Islamic state. And so, given Malaysia’s dramatically shifting political landscape, […]
PAS’s next step
By Deborah Loh and Shanon ShahTowels with “PAS for all” slogans MUCH has been made about PAS’s 55th muktamar (annual general assembly) and the elections tomorrow, 5 June 2009, as a battle between the conservatives, represented by the ulama, and the moderates or professionals. But labels aside, the issue at hand is about PAS’s future. And the muktamar which begins […]
Ex-PKR leaders attack
By Shanon Shah“They said if I win the contest, I could rejoin the party and I would be given the Deputy Chief Minister 1 post.” INDEPENDENT candidate Aminah Abdullah, on part of the alleged bribe offered to her on 13 May 2009 by Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) supreme council member Cheah Kah Peng and Lim Eng Nam, […]
Not all are “BN stooges”
By Shanon ShahAre independent candidates part of the BN’s ploy? INDEPENDENT candidates have become a sort of joke in Malaysian politics, ever since the record-breaking 13 independents decided to slug it out in Bukit Selambau in April 2009. All 13, however, lost their deposits on polling day on 7 April, during which it was clear that voters […]
Unraveling Pakatan’s Penanti win
By Shanon ShahMansor celebrating his win in the by-election WITH Penanti, the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) has added yet another convincing victory to its already impressive by-election resumé. Doubtless, many are viewing Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) candidate Dr Mansor Othman’s thumping 5,558 winning majority as par for the course in PR’s onslaught on Malaysian politics. Rohana AriffinSupport for […]
