KOTA KINABALU, March 25 — The education system in the country needs to address the current racial polemic that is becoming more divisive, an academic said. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia’s Strategic Studies and International Relations Department senior lecturer Sharifah Munirah Alatas said it was worrying that there was no redress being taken through the education system as racial tensions in the country continue to flare. “All the rhetoric and narrative that keeps appearing

We the members of G25 join all Malaysians and the world in expressing our shock and sorrow at the hate killing in Christchurch mosques in New Zealand on Friday last week, a day when Muslims gather for prayers. The killer targeted the Friday congregation and recorded his attack on live stream as he wanted the whole world to witness his hatred for the Muslim community. His cold-blooded murder and the large number of lives lost and injured, including Malaysians, make it th

KOTA KINABALU: G25 Malaysia, which is a group of influential and moderate Malays, will be looking at whether race-based politics which has been plaguing the Peninsula has found a home in Sabah and Sarawak. The civil society organisation, that plays a constructive role as the voice of moderation on religion, will also want to learn about Sabah’s unique relationship with the Federal Government and understand the harmonious co-existence of different races and religions in the S

MALAYSIANS have been stirred up about some aspects of the law of late. Are laws stringent and unfair to one party when the other is said to “win” a case? Do all courts and judges protect themselves by holding persons in contempt? A sitting judge of the Court of Appeals recently filed an affidavit in a suit making allegations of misconduct against the judiciary. Certain groups picked up on those allegations and took them to the media. They wrote articles and gave television in

The group of influential Malays (G25) is shocked that Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Mujahid Yusof Rawa met with controversial Indian-born Muslim preacher Zakir Naik. “For someone who is promoting moderate Islam, Mujahid should not have anything to do with extremist Muslims like Zakir,” said its spokesperson Noor Farida Ariffin. “It was shocking to see Mujahid with Zakir. We should send him packing back to India,” she added. India has requested the extradition of

G25 observes the recent political developments with growing concern that the country is sliding towards the polarisation of its politics based on race and religion. Although religion is a major social and politically sensitive issue in several Muslim majority countries, the May 2018 political change, along with the emergence of the middle and moderate society, have sparked hopes that Malaysia would be able to move past extreme identity-based politics. The events in the past f