Malaysia
In Western countries, religious freedom and tolerance is something that is cherished and honored by all. People in the West are free to worship any faith they please- from Christianity to Buddhism and every religion in between. If it exists, it’s...
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MALAYSIAN authorities today probed the cause of a bus crash that killed 27 people, mostly Thai tourists, in the worst coach accident in the nation’s history.
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made popular Dec 21 2010
At least 26 people were killed when a bus carrying a group of tourists from Thailand overturned in Malaysia, officials say.
made popular Dec 20 2010
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Imagine if in Western countries Muslims and others from non Judeo/Christian religions were forced to convert to Christianity to get any government...
made popular Aug 19 2010
Malaysia considers itself to be a moderate Islamic country with freedom of religion for all, and yet you read stories about people like Banggarma Subramaniam and you...
made popular Aug 5 2010
mek-wook-kundor-mat-noor-che-musaMuhamad Noor Che Musa, a 33-year-old man in northern Malaysia has married a 104-year-old woman, saying mutual respect and friendship...
made popular Jul 22 2010
I’ve had it with conservative Muslim oversensitivity. I’ve had it with the intimidation, the imposed censorship on non-Muslims and most of all the demands...
made popular Apr 24 2010
Our “freedoms” are rapidly becoming a thing of the past. Religious fanatics and their oversensitivity to anything that runs counter to their tiny, pious...
made popular Mar 27 2010
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said his government is planning to adopt new affirmative-action policies that are “more market friendly” but said the...
made popular Mar 24 2010
Authorities in Malaysia caned three Muslim women for having extramarital sex, making them the first women in the country to receive such punishment under Islamic law,...
made popular Feb 18 2010
On December 31, 2009, in an attack of common sense, the Malaysian High Court overturned a 24 year ban on the use of the word ‘Allah’ by non Muslims(1). The decision...
made popular Feb 16 2010
There are conspiracy theorists all around the world for about any major event that has occurred. Part of me wants to laugh at the absurdity of some of those so-called...
made popular Jan 22 2010
Could someone please inform the Malay Muslim population, post haste, that “Allah” is an Arabic word for God, not Islamic and that, in fact, it predates...
made popular Jan 12 2010
Attackers firebombed three churches in the southeast Asian nation of Malaysia overnight, assaults that come amid widespread Muslim ire over a court ruling that allowed...
made popular Jan 9 2010
Malaysia’s government filed an appeal Monday to fight a court ruling that allowed non-Muslims to use the word “Allah” to refer to God, a decision that...
made popular Jan 5 2010
Forbes magazine has compiled another one of their rankings. This time “most friendliest nations” for expatriates - the best place to work if you’re...
made popular Dec 28 2009
Malaysian authorities have confiscated more than 15,000 Bibles in recent months because they referred to “God” as “Allah,” a translation that...
made popular Nov 2 2009
Malaysian legislators in the poor conservative Muslim northeastern state of Kelantan should marry single mothers to help care for their children, a state representative...
made popular Oct 31 2009
In Malaysia’s current political climate, it is no longer possible to distinguish Islamic radicals from Islamic moderates. Despite official boasting about the...
made popular Oct 27 2009
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A Malaysian Islamic court has upheld the caning sentence for a Muslim woman convicted of drinking beer at a hotel, local media reports have said.
If the punishment is...
made popular Sep 29 2009
A 107-year-old Malaysian woman says she is ready to marry for the 23rd time because she fears her current drug addict husband might leave her for a younger woman, it...
made popular Sep 15 2009
Over five hundred Malaysian couples tied the knot at a Buddhist temple Wednesday, in a mass wedding held on the auspicious “999″ date which signifies hopes...
made popular Sep 10 2009
Police nab four out of 12 cow head protesters
By STEVEN DANIEL
PETALING JAYA: Police on Tuesday nabbed four out of the 12 people allegedly involved in the cow head...
made popular Sep 9 2009
American fast-food giant McDonald’s Tuesday lost an eight-year trademark battle to stop Malaysian Indian McCurry Restaurant from using the ‘Mc’...
made popular Sep 8 2009
Rare yellow spider named after David Bowie
A newly-discovered spider has been named after rock star David Bowie, in an effort to raise awareness about the number of...
made popular Sep 8 2009
The Malaysian government has reversed a ban on Muslims attending a concert by the , ban reversed in Kuala Lumpur.
Officials had imposed the ban because the show is...
made popular Sep 4 2009
On the eve of 52nd Malaysian Independence Day Prime Minister Datuk Sri Najib Razak in his speech warned of the dangers of disunity in a multiethnic, multiracial...
made popular Aug 31 2009
Dozens of Malaysian Muslims paraded yesterday with the head of a cow, a sacred animal in Hinduism, in a dramatic protest against the proposed construction of a Hindu...
made popular Aug 29 2009
Hindu minority in Malaysia make up 7% in a population of 27 million. Their religious rights were challenged by a group of muslim protesting the building of a temple in...
made popular Aug 29 2009
Malaysia has always prided itself as a moderate Islamic state to the world. Recent debate on drinking laws in the country has challenged such an image and questioned...
made popular Aug 28 2009
The drinking row in Malaysia has taken yet another turn.Action will now be taken in the state of Selangor against
Muslims found drinking in public or working in...
made popular Aug 28 2009
It’s official! Malaysia is really taking the war on drinking a little too far and playing the role of God himself.
The case of beer drinking model remains...
made popular Aug 27 2009
Some where the feeling of guilt and a sense of wrongdoing has gone deep into the mind of Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarnor, the 32 year old Malaysian model who was caught...
made popular Aug 21 2009
Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno was caught consuming alcohol when police raided a hotel nightclub in Pahang state last year.
The 32-year-old has now pleaded guilty and been...
made popular Aug 19 2009
It is a fact, it is also twenty first century and it is also in Malaysia. Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, a 32 year old model was sentenced to six lashes and a fine of...
made popular Jul 23 2009
The National Fatwa Council (a fatwa is a non-binding Islamic ruling by a certified Islamic scholar) in Malaysia recently instructed the nation’s Muslims to avoid...
made popular Nov 24 2008
Malaysia’s National Fatwa Council, its main body of Islamic jurisprudence, issued an edict banning so-called “TomBoys”. For those unfamiliar with the...
made popular Oct 29 2008
The US has pledged $40 million to help save the marine and coastal ecosystems in East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, and the Solomon...
made popular Oct 25 2008
A woman who boarded the wrong bus on an attempted shopping trip from Thailand to Malaysia has returned home after 25 years.Jaeyana Beuraheng told her eight children she...
made popular Oct 21 2008
The Fact-Finding Committee on Sabah Deportees expressed concern over the serious human rights violations allegedly committed by Malaysian authorities against Filipinos...
made popular Oct 5 2008
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Bahrain Football Association President Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al-Khalifa smiles during a press conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Sunday May 3, 2009. More than half of Asia’s 46 national soccer associations have told FIFA they fear that a key...
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