How muslim headscarves became a fashion empire
Source: BBC She’s a Malaysian celebrity with millions of fans. Every time she appears on screen, her adoring fans immediately rush to buy whatever she might have chosen to wear […]
ISIL Q&A: Malaysia’s Mahathir Mohamad on West vs ISIL
Veteran politician blasts Western policy in the Middle East and warns air strikes risk worsening Syria crisis. Kate Mayberry | 04 Dec 2015 Source: Al Jazeera Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir […]
President Obama Met With Young Muslim Refugees And It Was Absolutely Heartwarming
They represent “the opposite of terror,” he said. KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Pushing back against efforts to bar Syrian refugees from resettling in the U.S., President Barack Obama vowed […]
Lessons from Malaysia
Sep 07,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Malaysia’s efforts to modernise were not easy; they met resistance and obstacles, but with determination and the cooperation of all segments of society, including ethnic groups that were at loggerheads almost half a century ago, this Southeast Asian country managed to achieve great successes. The country’s […]
“Understanding Shariah From The Religious And Rights Perspectives”
Source:Peace 4Allpeacesymposiumkl@gmail.com The International Human Rights Committee and Projek Dialog will be holding a peace symposium and dinner at the Royale Bintang Hotel Kuala Lumpur, Jalan Bukit Bintang on 16 Sept. 2015 (Wednesday — Public Holiday – Malaysia Day ) The symposium entitled “Understanding Shariah from the Religious and Rights Perspectives” will discuss the role […]
Cameron in southeast Asia visit to talk trade, Islamist extremism
JUL 26, 2015 – SWISSINFO.CH By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron said on Sunday he wanted to use a four-day trade mission to southeast Asia to spur lucrative business deals and to forge new political alliances to counter Islamist extremism. The trip, which begins in earnest […]
Perlis Islamic council in Malaysia issues landmark edict
The Perlis Fatwa Committee has issued an edict which states that the custody of a child be given to the more suitable parent, regardless of religion. State mufti Datuk Dr […]
Malaysia: Department of Islamic Affairs (JAIS) threatens Ahmadi Muslims with Arrest
Source: rabwah.net Malaysian State of Selangor’s religious enforcers have threatened several followers of the minority Ahmadiyya Muslim Community with arrests in order to compel them to appear in the Shariah court […]
JAIS allegedly menace Ahmadis with arrest to continue Shariah trial halted by High Court
themalayonline.com: KUALA LUMPUR, July 1 ― Selangor religious enforcers have allegedly threatened several followers of the minority Ahmadiyya community with arrests to compel their appearance in the Shariah court tomorrow to continue a trial that has so far been postponed twice last year. According to the Ahmadis, the Selangor Islamic […]
Muslim gymnast lambasted for revealing costume as she wins double Gold
Malaysia By Web Desk Published: June 19, 201 For wearing a leotard at the Southeast Asia games, Farah Ann Abdul Hadi has come under fire where she won a total of six medals Hadi, 21, a Muslim gymnast has been criticised by religious leaders for wearing a leotard which is ‘revealing’ […]
Dispatches: Choose Your Bigots Carefully, Malaysia
HRW: “Islam is evil” is just one of many anti-Muslim slurs uttered by retired Lt. Gen. William “Jerry” Boykin, executive vice-president of the Washington-based Family Research Council (FRC) and former undersecretary of defense for intelligence under US President George W. Bush. So one might assume that Malaysia, a predominantly Muslim […]
G25 Rep. Farida, ‘We risk being labelled ‘deviant’ for supporting Ahmadis’
Noor Farida said that she uses a Quran with Abdullah Yusuf Ali’s English translation, and the Ahmadi Quran might differ from the Shafi’i school of jurisprudence that she practises. Source: themalaymailonline.com KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 3 — Datuk Noor Farida Ariffin of the group called G25 has defended her recent slight of […]
Malaysia: Ahmadiyya questions G25’s moderation after Rep Farida rejected their Quran
The Ahmadiyya community delivered a copy of the Ahmadiyya translation of the Quran to G25’s representative Datuk Noor Farida Ariffin two weeks ago, but the latter had rejected it a day […]
AirAsia Flight QZ8501: Plane may have landed on water, overcome by high seas: experts
As search teams hunt for the black boxes of AirAsia Flight QZ8501, analysts say the pilot may have managed to make an emergency water landing, only for the plane to […]
After years of persecution, Ahmadiyya followers seek redress at civil court
malaymailonline: by Joseph Sipalan — Followers of the Ahmadiyya sect are considered deviant by many Islamic countries that follow the Sunnah wal Jamaah ideology, which includes Malaysia KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 3 — Followers of the outlawed Ahmadiyya sect are challenging a crackdown on their activities nearly a year ago, on […]
Malaysia: Limiting use of the word ‘Allah’ for non-Muslim Malaysians
Source: examiner.com I am simply outraged to learn that Malaysian non-Muslims are banned from using the word “Allah”. As a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community that believes that Islam teaches tolerance, it […]
Malaysian Court Overturns Islamic Law Banning Cross-Dressing
NY Times: BANGKOK — A Malaysian appeals court on Friday struck down an Islamic law that banned men from dressing as women in what lawyers described as a landmark case in the stormy battle for primacy between secular and religious laws. The unanimous decision by a three-judge panel of the […]
MONEY LOGGING – Rooting out corruption in the forests of Borneo
By Thomas Stephens SWISSINFO.CH NOV 5, 2014 – 17:00 Corruption is the driving force behind the destruction of the Malaysian rainforests and the displacement of indigenous people, according to a […]
The Right to Say ‘God’ Divides a Diverse Nation
KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia — As the students knelt in a circle at a Christian kindergarten near the shores of the South China Sea, a 6-year-old girl in pigtails read out a chapter from a children’s Bible: “Sepuluh hukum dari Allah” — God’s Ten Commandments. Technically, she broke the law. According […]
Your God? My God? God is God!
Source: FMT By Dr. I. Lourdesamy The MH17 tragedy brought out the common humanity in all of us as people of all races, religions and nationalities stood united in sorrow […]