G25 notes with increasing concern the tolerance shown by Malaysian authorities on the extreme statements made by Dr Zakir Naik in his preachings. We believe in free speech but when it is allowed in favour of a certain person and denied to others who have different views - that is not a healthy kind of freedom for our multi-cultural society. While we respect Zakir Naik’s democratic rights to express his views on Islam and compare it with other religions by quoting from various

Demokrasi berparlimen di negara kita telah dicabuli dengan cara yang angkuh sekali apabila ahli-ahli Parlimen terpaksa bersengkang mata sehingga jam 5 pagi pada 6 April 2017 untuk menyelesaikan rang undang-undang (RUU) kerajaan semata-mata untuk memberi peluang kepada Ahli Parlimen Marang, Dato’s Seri Hadi Awang untuk membentangkan rang undang-undang persendiriannya untuk meminda Akta Mahkamah Syariah (Bidang Kuasa Jenayah) 1965 (Akta 355) (RUU355) pada jam 12 tengah hari, 6

Malays have often poured scorn over Islamophobia in the West. But in Malaysia we have the reverse Islamophobia where a Malay official in a chess tournament can rule that the short skirt worn by a 12-year old competitor was too tempting for others, while in a similarly bizarre comment, a PAS ulama said the main reason his party pulled out of PKR is because of a foreign singer Selena Gomez being allowed by the Selangor government to perform to the public here. Girls, clothes an

PETALING JAYA: Moderate Malaysians must stand firm against the move to amend the Syariah Court (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act 1965 as it will alter the secular nature of Malaysia, said a member of the G25 eminent Malays’ group. Datuk Noor Farida Ariffin (pic) said it was vital to uphold Malaysia’s secular Constitution, which is the social contract agreed upon by the country’s founding fathers. Negotiated among members of the Alliance, Sultans and the British, she said, it was ne

We, members of G25, wholeheartedly applaud the recent courageous and innovative judgment of the Federal Court in the case of Semenyih Jaya Sdn Bhd v Pentadbir Tanah Daerah Hulu Langat (and another appeal) that restores the judicial power of the Judiciary and affirms the doctrine of the Separation of Powers. In so ruling, the Federal Court has propounded two important principles of constitutional law, namely, (1) that the Independence of the Judiciary and the doctrine of the S

The Monsoons Book Club invited Noor Farida Ariffin, the former Ambassador to The Netherlands and the spokesman for the G25 group of eminent Malaysians to give her views on the latest developments in Malaysia. In the video below, Noor Farida offers her frank assessment on a wide range of topical subjects. Her discussion starts with the Amendment to Act 355, in which she urges Malaysians to oppose PAS president, Hadi Awang’s Hudud Bill, in particular the residents of both Sabah