FEBRUARY 1 — Hostility between Sunnis and Shiites has become a dominant feature of intra-Muslim relations today. Indeed, the first decades of the 21st century will be known as a period of protracted conflict between these two major denominations of Islam. Twelver Shiites, who form up to 29 per cent of the global Muslim population, are in the majority in Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Iran and Iraq. They also constitute important minorities in countries such as Lebanon, Kuwait, Turkey,

Kami, Kumpulan 25 (G25), amat dukacita dengan keputusan Mahkamah Persekutuan baru-baru ini yang mengisytiharkan seksyen 16 Enakmen Kesalahan Jenayah Syariah (Selangor) 1995 sebagai undang-undang yang sah. Kami tidak berniat untuk menyangkal keputusan Mahkamah Persekutuan tetapi kami sungguh yakin bahawa seksyen 16 Enakmen tersebut adalah bertentangan dengan Perlembagaan Persekutuan, iaitu, ia bertujuan menyekat hak kebebasan bersuara rakyat oleh suatu undang-undang Negeri. D

G25 STATEMENT ON THE FEDERAL COURT JUDGEMENT AND ON THE PROSECUTION OF MOHD EZRA MOHD ZAID BY THE SELANGOR RELIGIOUS AUTHORITY We, the Group of 25 (G25), are deeply saddened by the recent decision of the Federal Court to declare section 16 of the Shariah Criminal Offences (Selangor) Enactment 1995 as valid law. We do not intend to be disrespectful to the Federal Court but we are of the firm conviction that section 16 of the said Enactment is ultra vires the Federal Constituti

After years of local, public education, I thought I knew Malaysia- but through this book, I am forced to admit that there is so much more that I did not know. (This is a compliment to a book, as books are supposed to make one think!) The context of the Constitution, the politics that make (or break) this country of ours, & the Islamization/Arabization that has been occurring are articulately and academically discussed through the many chapters of this book. Be ready to have y

YAYASAN 1Malaysia (Y1M) supports wholeheartedly the decision of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to refer the attorney-general's directive to close three investigative files involving Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak to its Operational Evaluation Panel (PPO). It is within the PPO's ambit of authority to evaluate the AG's decision. There are at least seven reasons why the PPO should undertake this task. ► ONE, there are contradictory views on the auth

A Malay passenger who was seated next to me on a Firefly flight yesterday congratulated me on publishing the book Liberating The Malay Mind, written by Dr M. Bakri Musa. My fellow passenger then quickly added that it was not the Malay mind that required urgent treatment, but the Malay soul. “Do you think (Attorney-General Mohammed) Apandi Ali would have made the same decision on the Prime Minister’s financial scandal if he had a free mind, a liberated mind?” my fellow passeng