The IGP says that the Shia movement is a terrorist movement. Actually, all religions are terrorist movements without exception. Religion makes us scared. Religion is the doctrine of fear. We believe…

Pakatan must realise that Umno is a formidable opponent with deep pockets, large armies and an uncanny ability to go into the elections with all the positives stacked in their favour. Based on this…

2020 is significant because it is the year in which Malaysia expects to leave the crib of developing nations and enter the world of developed nations. Rama Ramanathan, The Malaysian Insider

The problem arises for liberals when citizens exercise their autonomy in a way that turns out to be hostile to autonomy itself. These rights permit citizens to develop homophobic, racist, or other…

By equating money being illegally taken out of the country with corruption, the opposition is suggesting that by eliminating corruption this would automatically stop money from leaving Malaysia. This…

 I care about Malays and that’s why I want an open debate to discuss how to really empower the Malay community in the correct, unbigoted, and non-racialised, way. I see changes in values, educational…

Azly Rahman Malaysia’s most exciting political party of the old, United Malays National Organisation (Umno) just had its general assembly. A ritual of the political blood transfusion and the…

An usher holds programs with the image of the late Nelson Mandela on the cover before a memorial service at the Riverside Church in New York December 11, 2013. — Reuters picInterestingly I got more…

Transform, or be irrelevant soon, says the writer on Umno.I wouldn’t be surprised if they come up with ideas on how to include that into our birth certificates and ICs. Who is Umno and who is not.…

Another Brick in the Wall Few pro-opposition friends alerted us of Nelson Mandela's death. Malaysiakini titled their MySay column today as "We M'sians needs our own Nelson Mandela".

Dina Zaman, The Malay Mail I read Zurairi AR’s piece today and agree with him. While his piece spoke about how the next General Elections will be about the Islamist agenda, the reality is that…

MEMORABLE REUNION: Shahar Effendi Abdullah Azizi, an old boy of Malay College Kuala Kangsar, recalls his student days at the exclusive schoolNaveen Mathew Menon, NST TO be an old…

(The Star) - Fresh from selling six plots of land in Johor Baru for a whopping RM4.5bil, the Johor Sultan has entered into an agreement to buy a 20% stake in Berjaya Times Square Sdn Bhd (BTS),…

Wani Muthiah, The Star Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah is known for being a well-read and knowledgeable Ruler who is able to speak on many topics and issues with finesse.

The recent price hikes are just the beginning. Tolls, public transport fares, Quit Rent, sewerage and cooking gas too will go up soon enough. Selena Tay, FMT No leader of a nation will trouble its…

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When asked during an interview soon after he retired in November 2003 what his greatest regret was, Tun replied that his greatest regret was that in his 22 years as Prime Minister he still could not…

 Kee Thuan Chye When Nelson Mandela died last Thursday, some Malaysian political leaders paid him tribute and expressed their admiration for what he stood for.Prime Minister Najib Razak, who recently…

 Datuk Dennison, Datuk Saifuddin and Tan Sri Michael Yeoh Tan Sri Razali Ismail, a (now retired) senior Malaysian diplomat who negotiated Aung San Suu Kyi’s release from house arrest in 2002, and is…

 Pua Khein-Seng invented the USB flash drive. His talent was not recognized locally and the Taiwanese capitalized on the invention. Today, Phison Electronic Corporation is one of the key players in…

 What are the Regional Foreign Policy Consequences?Murray HunterThe largely Anglophile Singapore is an anomaly in South-East Asia. It has staunch connections with the US and Israel, and a network of…

Was Mandela right to sacrifice justice for the chance of a richer and more democratic South Africa? The question of his heroic status depends on the answer. Looking at the career of Yasser Arafat,…

But this year's more comprehensive study showed six more, bringing the full list to Afghanistan, Iran, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Nigeria, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, United…

Tan Sri Bashir Ahmad, Managing Director of MAHB  Mungkin sudah tiba masanya Yang Mulia Raja mengungkai cerita ini kerana andai perkara ini saya bawa ke pihak atasan, saya yakin tiada tindakan yang…

 Kee Thuan ChyeUmno President Najib Razak diminished the stature of a great man when he said last Saturday at his party’s general assembly that Umno fought for the “same cause” as Nelson Mandela, who…

 My basis of argument is not to present whether the pay hike is right or wrong but to show how at times we can be penny wise pound foolish.Richard Loh

There is this worrying Arabisation trend in Malaysia. People want to talk, dress and behave like Arabs. Schools, for instance, have become places where students are indoctrinated with what is Arabic…

To come back to the present, this is why the recent demonisation of communism and socialism as represented by Parti Sosialis Malaysia is not so much about their basic arguments towards a fairer…

The PKR official is confident that the reconciliation talks this time around will not fail, unlike the "unity government" talks between Umno and PAS during the administration of former prime…

Call it the Chinese tsunami or whatever, the fact remains that rural Malays are still with Umno while the urban Malays have swung to the opposition — PAS and Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR). (MM) - Umno…