Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang said PAS would not be swayed from its agenda and that the “enemies” are picking out aspects of the religion, such as hudud, to strike fear among the people. The party president said a picture was being painted as if hudud was the first order of business should the Islamist…
Pesta Kesyukuran Menuai 2015 anjuran Gereja Katholik Diocese Melaka-Johor di Majodi Centre
Saya terbang ke JB pagi ini demi menghadiri Pesta Kesyukuran Menuai 2015 anjuran Gereja Katholik Diocese Melaka-Johor di Majodi Centre. Pesta diadakan untuk meraikan Pesta Gawai/Kaamatan bagi pribumi Kristian yang berasal di Sabah dan Sarawak. Pesta ini bermula dengan misa Katholik pada 10 pagi hingga ke lewat petang. Dua orang ADUN DAP di JB juga…
Ucapan Penangguhan berkenaan Status Sekolah Kebangsaan Danau Perdana di Taman Danau Desa, Off Jalan Klang Lama di Kuala Lumpur
Ucapan Penangguhan Teresa Kok, Ahli Parlimen Seputeh Pada 11 Jun 2015 di Dewan Rakyat Apakah Status Sekolah Kebangsaan Danau Perdana di Taman Danau Desa, Off Jalan Klang Lama di Kuala Lumpur =============================================== Datuk yang diPertua, saya telah beberapa kali membangkitkan pertanyaan tentang status Sekolah Kebangsaan Danau Perdana di Taman Danau Desa yang telah dikosongkan sejak…
‘I will not apologise for wearing head scarf,’ says Hannah
KUALA LUMPUR: Hannah Yeoh has drawn flak from a Chinese columnist who criticised the DAP politician for wearing a head scarf to a ‘buka puasa’ event at a mosque recently. In a Facebook posting, the Selangor State Speaker and assemblywoman for Subang Jaya brushed off the criticisms after pictures of her at the event were…
High Court denies MP’s bid to transfer sedition case
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here today dismissed an application by DAP vice-president Teresa Kok to have her sedition charge transferred to it from the Sessions Court. Delivering his decision, Justice Kamardin Hashim said that he disagreed with the submissions of Kok’s counsel Sankara Nair. Sankara had submitted that the case should be transferred for…
Don’t encourage forcing religious beliefs on others, Bar tells deputy minister
KUALA LUMPUR, June 25 — A deputy minister’s remark telling non-Muslims to avoid eating in front of fasting Muslims only serves to prod misguided Malaysians into imposing their beliefs upon others, a disapproving Malaysian Bar has said. Criticising Deputy Education Minister Datuk Mary Yap’s remark in response to the controversy of a Kedah schoolteacher who…
Axed PAS leaders huddle with DAP, PKR as informal talks on ‘Pakatan 2.0’ begins
KUALA LUMPUR, June 24 ― Pictures from a private buka puasa function last night between DAP, PKR and leaders from PAS’s progressive faction have been making its rounds on Facebook and other social media sites, fueling speculation that talks for a new Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalition are underway. Malay Mail Online understands that the pictures…
Dress code rows show Malaysia’s descent towards religious rule
KUALA LUMPUR, June 24 — The increasingly frequent imposition of conservative dress codes at government agencies here suggests that religious conservatism could supplant Malaysia’s secular administration and drive the country towards theocratic rule as seen in Iran and Saudi Arabia. While media coverage of incidents at the Road Transport Department (RTD), the Selangor state secretariat and…