Creation and Evolution: A Muslim Perspective
by Animah Ferrer, guest columnist. The controversial “creation or evolution” debate, originating in the West, is one that continues to draw heated and apparently irreconcilable arguments. Perhaps if...
View ArticleSurviving on minimum wage
by Ivy Kwek, guest columnist. In February I started a little experiment for myself. Taking the cue from the recently announced minimum wage, which has been set at RM900 by the government (RM800 for...
View ArticleSabotaging a symbol, derailing democracy
by Pauline Fan, guest writer “A society becomes totalitarian when its structure becomes flagrantly artificial: that is, when its ruling class has lost its function but succeeds in clinging to power by...
View ArticleYes BN, Malaysia isn’t Egypt. It’s Saudi Arabia.
by Jia Hui Lee Barisan Nasional component parties, led by Najib Razak, have been warning the rakyat that a regime change in Malaysia could spell social chaos and economic turmoil, as the campaigning...
View ArticleSome thoughts on state fundamentalism in Malaysia
by Mohamed Imran Taib. Things are getting bizarre. Somehow, Ramadan is the preferred month to display more ‘religious neurosis’ in the form of an overdrive to flex one’s position and power as the...
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Fasting for Malaysia
On 31 July 2013 a group of Malaysians of different faith joined their Muslim sisters and brothers for a day of fasting in the month of Ramadan. This noble act of solidarity demonstrated our desire to...
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On Hate Speech, Dehumanization, Demonization and Violence: The Indonesia...
By Mark Woodward Hate speech is a common, but incompletely understood kind of contentious discourse. The term hate speech is most commonly used to describe disparaging remarks about ethnic,racial and...
View ArticleThe man who doesn’t save Malaysia: A review of “Lelaki Harapan Dunia”
by Melati Timur [SPOILER ALERT] I went into the cinema wanting to like this film. Bearing in mind a more literal translation of “the men who are the hope of the world”, even its title, rather...
View ArticleSay NO to the Baram Mega Dam: A Statement by SALT V
INTRODUCTION We, the 20 tertiary Catholic students from the various tertiary institutions of Malaysia, gathered at the Tanjung Tepalit Lepo’ Gah’, Ulu Baram, Sarawak from the 24th January – 7th...
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Whalebone & Crabshell
This story is a fiction. It is a fable. It was written, fuelled by what has been happening to the Rohingya – but it is not about the Rohingya. Writing about them does not feel right; I can’t pretend to...
View ArticleHudud – Where is Allah’s Compassion?
Every other day the idea of implementing Islamic hudud laws in Malaysia rears its ugly head. Ugly because it is controversial and there is no consensus among scholars and the learned on Quranic...
View ArticleRethinking the Hijrah
By Mohamed Imran Mohamed Taib Today (2 October, 2016/ 1 Muharram 1438) marks the beginning of the new year in the Muslim calendar, known as the Hijrah (هِجْرَة). Hijrah means ‘migration’ and it...
View ArticleSurviving on minimum wage
by Ivy Kwek, guest columnist. In February I started a little experiment for myself. Taking the cue from the recently announced minimum wage, which has been set at RM900 by the government (RM800 for...
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Selamat Hari Kartini
Photo credit : Janko Ferlic (https://www.pexels.com/@thepoorphotographer) Oleh Afiq M. Noor Pakaian merupakan hak asasi setiap orang tanpa kecuali. Peri pentingnya pakaian kepada manusia sehingga Allah...
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