http://puteri.us Observations of a Malaysian living in the USA Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:35:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I just read an article called Most Malaysian-Muslims support ‘Allah’ ban on Malaysian Insider. I assume the writer is Muslim who tries to be neutral but clearly he is not quite informed about the historical context, concept and usage of "Allah" as used by Christians in Malaysia. I wrote a ... http://puteri.us/2010/01/06/malaysian-muslims-support-allah-ban/ In light of the most recent high court ruling allowing a Catholic paper the right to use the word "Allah" in its publication, one would have thought that the Prime Minister of Malaysia would urge every one to accept the ruling. For one, he is after all the Prime Minister of ... http://puteri.us/2010/01/03/malaysian-govt-to-appeal-allah-ruling/ 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 ... http://puteri.us/2009/08/29/khairy-condemns-protest-with-cow-head/ KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — After a series of flip-flops, authorities in Malaysia decided this week that a 32-year old Muslim woman caught drinking beer in violation of Islamic law would not be caned after all. The controversy may have subsided, pending a legal review, but it has left a bitter aftertaste. The ... http://puteri.us/2009/08/28/no-caning-for-kartika/ Is there not one person, politician or supporter of the BN with integrity?  I mean besides, Chua Jui Meng? I have scoured the Malaysian news sites looking for denunciation and outrage from a BN politician or supporter over the tragic death of  Teoh Beng Hock. Instead of outrage from Hishammuddin, all we ... http://puteri.us/2009/07/19/same-old-same-old/ Opposition leader Wong Ho Leng (DAP-Bukit Assek) has been suspended from the Sarawak State Assembly for 12 months for a “camouflage” remark he made against a senior minister last November. Speaker Datuk Mohamad Asfia Awang Nasar made the decision Wednesday after the matter was put to the vote and the majority ... http://puteri.us/2009/05/13/wong-ho-leng-might-is-right/ Have you read anything more ridiculous and more self-aggrandizing than Dr Zambry's comparison of his "struggle" (that of keeping the post of Menteri Besar by illegitimate means) to that of Nelson Mandela's and Ghandi's?! He is from the powerful ruling party, and he dares to compare his party's illegitimate takeover of ... http://puteri.us/2009/05/12/bns-idea-of-a-ghandi-and-mandela/ SIBU: The term “Dayak” coined by the colonial power to describe all 26 non-Muslim communities of Sarawak in the 1820s should no longer be used in present time, said Rural and Regional Development Deputy Minister Datuk Joseph Entulu Belaun.He said the term should be dropped because it conveyed negative connotations ... http://puteri.us/2009/05/11/joseph-entulu-drop-the-term-dayak/ KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) — Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim will go on trial for sodomy in the High Court in July, his lawyer said Tuesday, after a long wrangle over where the case should be heard. The trial date was set after Anwar last week lost his bid to have the ... http://puteri.us/2009/03/10/malaysias-anwar-to-face-sodomy-trial-in-july/ Malaysia to reinstate 'Allah' ban for Catholic paper: report KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) — Malaysia's government has rescinded a Catholic newspaper's right to use the word "Allah" just weeks after it gazetted a law allowing the paper to do so, according to reports Sunday. On Friday, the editor of the Herald newspaper, Father ... http://puteri.us/2009/03/02/allah-ban-reinstated/