Khairy condemns protest with cow head

Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin has strongly condemned the protest against the relocation of a Hindu temple where angry residents paraded a severed cow’s head this afternoon.
Calling on the protesters to reflect on their action, he asked: “How would you feel if the proposal to build a mosque in a non-Muslim area - which is [...]

Zahid: Unity among Malays at lowest level

KUALA LUMPUR: Unity among Malays is at its lowest level as there is no concerted participation towards their development, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
Lamenting that many “organisations” no longer placed emphasis on issues relevant to the Malays, Ahmad said there was no clear-cut single direction adopted by the [...]

Karpal recieves threatening letter and live bullet

You know what I think of this Malaysiakini story about Karpal Singh receiving a live bullet and a threatening letter?  It’s one of those chickens coming home to roost stories.
When you are constantly told how special you are as a race, how no one should question this government endorsed special treatment, how your rights are [...]

Non-Muslim to inform family after conversion

KUALA LUMPUR, April 29 (Bernama) — Non-Muslims who are converting to Islam may only have to inform their family after their conversion and not before, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
He said although he respected the decision of the 18th Syarak (Islamic)/Civil Law Coordination Conference Monday, the government [...]

Prince: Not appropriate for other ethnic groups to ask for equality and priviledges

Kelantan Crown Prince Tengku Faris Petra said today that Malays had given into granting non-Malays citizenship and the latter should therefore not seek equality or special treatment.
He said this during his keynote speech at a forum titled “Malay unity is the core of national unity” organised by the newly formed Barisan Bertindak Perpaduan Melayu in [...]

The non-proposal to charge non-Muslims for khalwat

Now that the Director-General of IKIM has denied that there ever was a proposal to charge non-Muslims for khalwat and a whole bunch of people at Malaysiakini, and bloggers including myself have had our say on the subject, can we expect the Syariah Judiciary Department and IKIM to not ever bring up the subject in [...]

IKIM denies proposal to penalize non-Muslims for Khalwat

Below is a statement issued by the Director General of IKM in response to news reports about the “proposal” to penalize non-Muslims caught in khalwat with a Muslim. I had earlier written a blog entry, also responding to the news on the proposal based on news in The Star and Malaysiakini.
I would like to [...]

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