Disquiet

It appears that PAS will be seeking to give effect to the Kelantan Syariah Criminal Code Enactment II of 1993 by way of a Private Members ...

Translating Policy Into Practice The media reports that the cabinet has decided that children of marriages where one spouse subsequently emb...

( I start a monthly column with The Malaysian Insider today. My column will appear on the first monday of each month. This is the first (I h...

This is a photograph of the Sultan Ismail Petra Silver Jubilee Mosque in Rantau Panjang, Kelantan. It is still being completed but you can s...

The 'ban' on the promotion of Islam Hadhari in Selangor and Penang is something of concern. I say this not in defence of Islam Hadha...

The Federal Court handed down a decision yesterday on the question of the jurisdiction of the syariah courts in the case of Abdul Kahar Ahma...

Of Judges And The Constitution My last comment ‘Of Religion And Choice’, not unexpectedly, drew some adverse comments on my blog. One in par...

Of Religion And Choice It may be wise to pause for breath before rushing out to celebrate the decision of the Penang syariah court in the Si...

It is becoming more evident that one of the main challenges for the Pakatan Rakyat – apart from the steep learning curve vis a vis governing...

Concerns have been expressed about proposals made at the conclusion of a seminar organized by the Islamic Institute of Understanding Malaysi...

Forgive me, God I looked into the Quran today, I really looked. Found nothing to support racism, corruption Or the breaching of sacred trust...

Egyptian blogger Nora Younis writes of how she was required to specify not only her religion but that of her lawyer at the Real Estate Regis...

The Politicisation Of The Constitution May 13th, 1969 I will start by conceding that the terms of the Federal Constitution from its outset w...

'Article 11', the coalition of NGOs was invited by the Parliamentary Select Committee On National Unity to make representations befo...

For those who missed it or had not realised that I was on the Riz Khan show with Haji Sulaiman, here's the link The show looks at the ro...

Last Wednesday, the Federal Court handed down its judgment in the case of Latifah Mat Zin . Though the impact of the judgment on ‘hard’ or c...