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Being fair when bashing Ahmad Bashah

The events of the past two weeks rendered the Malay "honorific title" that follows Kedah in its official full name, a little less apt than usual. The state of political flux in which the Kedah...

No justice for the Five Hares Boys of Palestine

The past few months have been strange. While Colombia is busy escalating and preparing for the peace process due in just a little more than a month, and I was summing up my time in the Peace...

Becoming the angel we know

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad in 2012 said that it is better to vote for the devil you know (Barisan Nasional) than the angel you don't (Pakatan Rakyat). He must be regretting what he said now that the...

Satu mimpi peribadi

Sebelum dibawa ke medan permainan, pembesar suara mengingatkan saya mengenai cabaran yang bakal dihadapi. “Kamu akan masuk gelanggang tanpa membawa apa-apa. Pada masa ke masa, saya akan...

Rakyat harus mulakan perpaduan nasional

Penulis masih belum ada kesempatan menonton filem “Ola Bola”, akan tetapi rata-rata teman yang sudah ke pawagam memberikan pujian terhadap filem itu. Filem berdasarkan kisah benar mengenai...

Can we stop with the rape jokes already?

"Why does your hair look like it has been gang raped?" So asked a friend of mine as I stepped into the cool air-conditioned room after a long afternoon walk under the scorching George Town sun,...

Friends may turn foe as 1MDB probe unveils embarrassing connections

When Swiss authorities weighed in on the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) investigations last week by openly requesting cooperation from Malaysia, Singapore and the United States, the scandal...

Nasionalisme Muslim dan Nasionalisme China

Sentimen nasionalis umat Islam dan orang China menampakkan banyak persamaan dan perbezaan yang menarik kerana kedua-duanya adalah reaksi kepada imperialisme Barat. Pada penghujung kurun ke-19,...

The unveiled power of human rights institutions

Singapore went through its Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process in Geneva on January 27. During the session, one key suggestion made was that Singapore is to establish its own national human...

The economics of halal

Not long ago, our astronaut, Datuk Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, launched Aladdin, the country's first exclusive halal and shariah compliant e-market shopping platform. Just like the Rayani Airlines...

Chance of a lifetime to craft a new national ethos

The current generation of Malaysians have an extraordinary opportunity to chart new pathways for the country in light of the ground shift that is taking place in its political, social and...

Berapa lama mahu tidur?

Kita semua ada kawan kaki tidur. Selalunya juga kawan kaki tidur ini bukan calang-calang orangnya. Yang paling rajin terlena dalam kelas dan bilik kuliah, contohnya adalah seringkali yang paling...

Two ministers, an MB, an A-G, and it was that easy?

In the past seven or eight months, we have seen three top leaders in Umno who have been forcefully and dramatically removed from their positions unwillingly. The most recent one that is still...

Dr Mahathir, sila tubuhkan parti baru

Saya tahu, sebahagian dari golongan pro Mahathir dalam Umno kecewa dengan pergolakan di Kedah dengan penggulingan Datuk Seri Mukhriz Mahathir sebagai menteri besar Kedah. Dan saya faham, ramai...

The kleptocrats who steal from us

Corruption is a definite problem that exhibits itself in different ways (duit kopi, gifts, donations, etc). Alwyn Moerdyk, a lecturer in organisational psychology at Rhodes University,...

Dosa dan pahala di Kuala Lumpur

Kita, para penghuni kota baru sahaja menyambut Hari Wilayah Persekutuan pada 1 Februari 2016 dalam beberapa hari yang lalu. Ya, Kuala Lumpur pesat membangun. Populasi penduduknya melebihi 1. 7...

Will our judiciary uphold our democracy?

In my last article I considered the question "does Malaysia practise democracy?" I said that on a scale of 1-4, I would rate Malaysia "1". Several readers objected. To put it politely, the...

Warkah untuk Melayu: Siapakah kita?

Saya berhajat memulakan siri "Warkah untuk Melayu" ini tatkala umur saya mencecah 40 tahun. Umur ini adalah bermakna. "Life begins at forty" (kehidupan bermula di umur 40), kata orang. Menarik...

1MDB, Najib dan Umno, apa kesudahannya?

Sesungguhnya, Datuk Seri Najib Razak, perdana menteri keenam Malaysia masih tidak boleh menjauhkan diri daripada skandal 1MDB, "gergasi" ciptaannya sendiri walaupun Peguam Negara Tan Sri Mohamed...

TPPA and investor-state disputes, learn from Libyan ‘shocker’

After saying "yes" to the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), the Malaysian government agrees that the Federal Constitution is second class to the TPPA. Some may agree that the...