The question Umno needs to address is this: how many Malays are with Umno and how many against? And Umno is now looking at the Malays in PAS and PKR. CT Ali, FMT “By 2020, we would have increased…

Amin Iskandar, TMIDi antara sebab mengapa penjajah dapat menguasai tanah ini selama ratusan tahun adalah kerana kebodohan penduduk setempatnya. Selepas beberapa ratus tahun dijajah, barulah timbul…

Since the last general election, in which Pakatan Rakyat managed to retain Selangor with an impressive two-thirds majority despite Selangorians being made to endure the tune of “Sayangi Selangor”…

Nevertheless, how many Jews, Christians or Muslims would live by the ideals, standards and demands of Psalm 23? We would be lucky if we can find even 1% who do. To the rest of the 99%, Psalm 23 is…

History is interesting if we learn to live it, rather than just treat it as another examination subject.Wong Chun Wai, The Star IT’S a bit hard to swallow. Imagine you are a housing developer in an…

By Helen Ang The DAP has been going around town loudly proclaiming that Hannah Yeoh is the country’s youngest ever Speaker. Therefore when her term as Speaker finishes, she will be eligible to…

By the time his successor Abdullah Ahmad Badawi pronounced Islam Hadhari, through which Islam was to be interpreted and applied through enlightened civilisational lenses, the Islamic bureaucracy…

 Why do you want to write something about Sunni Islam into the constitution when UMNO Malays don’t have faith in our constitution?   Sakmongkol AK47 

Umno is at its most stable in years after a successful party election but it is taking nothing for granted as it prepares to dominate the new political landscape and win the young Malay vote.Joceline…

 (Fz) - Kelantan Umno declared that their quarrel with PAS for all these years was not due to reasons such as hate, revenge or over colours but it was all in the name of jihad, a religious duty of…

 PAS being a party that is supposed to champion the religion of Islam should take the initiative to revamp the Islamic taxation system in the country. They can initially implement the system in the 3…

 To a contractor's bulldozer operator, a candi in the Bujang Valley is a pile of rocks. Rocks are rocks. He was there to do a day's honest work to remove the rocks.  Yussof Condred

 There has also been criticism of the Malaysian Franchise Association's lack of effort in promoting ethics within the industry by its membership. Part of the problem may appear to be in the way the…

 Party members attend Umno’s annual assembly were told, “Malay millionaires are important because Malays are Muslims. When Malays are rich, Islam would be defended. If Malays are poor, Islam would be…

 The MCA will hold its party poll on Dec 21. Liow, former president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat and Vice-president Gan Ping Sieu are expected to engage in a three-cornered fight. Chen Shaua Fui, Fz.com

 If the Malays from PAS and Umno coalesce via the Islamic binding factor, why then should the Malays in Pakatan be left out to suffer and not enjoy the various sweetened pies? Narinder Singh, FMT 

 Selena Tay, FMT At this point in time, Barisan Nasional seems to be gaining momentum while Pakatan Rakyat seems to be pushed into a corner. One thing for sure is that Pakatan must put some semblance…

Kucing kurap is akin to a mangy dog. It means an animal that suffers from chronic skin disease, sleeps on the streets and in back alleys, and eats out of drains and dustbins -- basically an animal…

Namun syarikat terbabit gagal atas sebab-sebab teknikal kerana, pertama, syarikat terbabit bukan dari Pulau Pinang, dan kedua, syarikat terbabit hanya layak untuk projek dengan harga di bawah RM3…

In short, the Tun was never an Umno (lama) member. However, he became an Umno (baru) member. And he was Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister for two years, an Umno Supreme Council Member for many years,…

Yes, Rafizi, that was my exact point. The opposition has a lot of dirt. The only thing is I called them dirt when they were still with you and before they crossed over. You call them dirt only after…

Zaid Ibrahim, TMI This week, all eyes and ears will be on the Umno General Assembly. I have no doubt that many far-reaching proposals, especially those dealing with how to bring about more…

A Kadir Jasin, The Malaysian Insider Told by his doctors “to slow down”, (Tun) Dr Mahathir Mohamad stepped down as adviser to Petronas effective December 1.

Needless to say, the “Malay agenda” will surely come into play prominently at the assembly. Umno will remind all and sundry that the party “must be strong” (hence must be supported) to ensure the…

The best thing for the PKR might be Anwar declaring that he had no more ambition to become PM and stand aside. This would go a long way in winning over voters who mistrust his intentions. As long as…

'AUDACIOUS': It's taxpayers' money, PKR No. 2 tells Selangor menteri besarADIB POVERA AND EUNICE AU, NST THE usual suspects in the  Selangor political saga were  tossing  criticisms…

Hence, in short, Satan was a later-day belief of deviationist teachings that early practitioners of the Abrahamic faith rejected as nonsense. And now KTemoc Konsiders may be sent to jail for posting a…

And this, I suppose, is the more important question. The opposition wants to keep this matter buried so that no questions will be raised as to why none of the election petitions mention what the…

Okay, PAS wants to weed out the Syiah followers from the party. What about the Christian, Hindu and Buddhist followers? Are we also going to weed them out as well? And why not? If the Syiah are bad…

So the Malays are not really as religious as most people may think. And if they vote for PAS (or Pakatan Rakyat) it is not because they love Islam but because they hate Umno (or Barisan Nasional). And…