Joint statement of civil society on Jan 9, 2010 We civil society groups from different spiritual, cultural and ideological backgrounds condemn unconditionally in the strongest possible terms the arson against at least three churches following the controversy over the use of the word Allah. We express our solidarity with the Metro Tabernacle Church at … Read more
Condensed and translated by Centre for Policy Initiatives Picture courtesy of Merdeka Review This is my home. I care about it and I want to make it better,??? said Jayanath Appudurai, an Anak Bangsa Malaysia core member. (CPI editor’s note: Jayanath is also our Malay section columnist). Yet many are disappointed, sad and … Read more
Dr Mahathir Mohamad tegas dengan penetapannya bahawa terjemahan ‘God’ kepada ‘Allah’ oleh orang Kristian adalah salah. Sepatutnya perkataan ‘Tuhan’ digunakan untuk God, ujarnya. Kalimah ‘Allah’ sebenarnya mula diharamkan penggunaaannya oleh masyarakat Kristian tatkala beliau sendiri masih menerajui negara, Dr Mahathir menulis di ‘Che Det’ pada Jan 5, 2010. “Pendapat Kabinet pada masa itu ialah … Read more
Delegasi M’sia bagi memantau pilihan raya Uzbekistan sebenarnya tidak layak dan hanyalah sama seperti Sheikh Muzaffar yang diberi pengiktirafan sebagai ‘angkasawan’ sedangkan dia sebenarnya ‘pelancong angkasa’. Semasa Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya Malaysia (SPR) menghantar delegasinya ke pilihan raya umum Uzbekistan baru-baru ini, Timbalan Pengerusinya Wan Ahmad Wan Omar dengan tidak malu mengeluarkan kenyataan bahawa pemantauan delegasinya … Read more
Press statement by Dr Lim Teck Ghee Picture courtesy of lucialai.org/ The Dec 31 High Court ruling reversing a Home Ministry ban on the use of the word ‘Allah’ for the Catholic weekly newsletter Herald in its Bahasa Malaysia section appears to have given the religious hardliners the perfect New Year present to continue … Read more
We understand the misgivings that Muslims have over the use of ‘Allah’ in the Bahasa Malaysia section of the Catholic Herald weekly newsletter. They have expressed their legitimate concern that the Christian Trinitarian concept of Father, Son and Holy Ghost may be confused with tauhid – the oneness of God in Islam. In response, the … Read more
The phrase “a picture is worth a thousand words??? was brought back to us by a reader of our X’mas posting Govt can make Christmas every day for everyone. The reader, Dennis, noted “the Malaysian flag, the little children, the candle lights illuminating their innocent faces. and the big box – what future does … Read more
Introduction This chain of events by chronological order is likely to take place in the coming year. A combination of sophisticated statistical modeling together with the latest advances in probability modeling and reinforced by the latest (pirated) software currently used by the Prime Minister’s KPI and NKRA team have been used to arrive at these … Read more
Sejak kebelakangan ini, isu rasisme atau prasangka perkauman lebih kerap diungkitkan. Mantan Perdana Menteri Dr Mahathir Mohamad dituduh bersifat‘racist’, isi kandungan kursus Biro Tata Negara dipertikaikan dan pengarang Utusan Malaysia Zaini Hassan telah menulis, “India tetap India … itulah budaya mereka. Kecoh, kecoh dan kecoh???, dan disusuli dengan kesimpulannya bahawa “Di Malaysia hanya orang India … Read more
Timbalan Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri Liew Vui Keong memberitahu umum bahawa 47,000 botol dakwat kekal yang dibeli untuk mempastikan tidak berlaku pengundian berganda dibakar pada Nov 25, 2009 kerana tarikh penggunaannya sudah luput. Apabila Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) membuat keputusan untuk tidak menggunakannya pada pilihan raya umum ke-12 (PRU12) lalu, agensi itu sepatutnya … Read more