You must have noticed that when an Islamic body, like Jakim or a group of ulamas or some other islamic NGO does something wrong and breaks the law, the trend … Continue Reading → ...

Being a Muslim used to be so easy. One believed in Allah and observed the five pillars of Islam to lead one’s life as a good and responsible Muslim. Today, … Continue Reading → ...

Anwar Ibrahim’s poor judgement about the Malaysian education system is a big issue. The fact that his Minister of Education is equally clueless about the low proficiency of English at school is also ...

K. Haridas the honorary secretary of the Business Ethics Institute of Malaysia, addresses the Umno-Baru Youth Leader, Akmal Saleh Dr Akmal, while I can understand that your remarks are for the UMNO ...

Like many, I always thought that the stumbling block to a Malaysian Malaysia is the rural constituencies; I have changed my opinion. A little history lesson can be most illuminating. We don’t have to ...

Being a Muslim used to be so easy. One believed in Allah and observed the five pillars of Islam to lead one’s life as a good and responsible Muslim. Today, conservative Muslims and wannabe clerics do ...

Guidelines for writing for www.mariammokhtar.com (Rebuilding Malaysia) and www.mm4.co, which is its sister website, in Malay. Please note that these websites are to provide a platform for intelligent ...

Stop politicising education, and do consider an inclusive approach to education to make us competitive and respected in both the arts and sciences. The symptoms have been evident for some time. The ...

In one month’s time, he will have been Malaysia’s prime minister for two years. Days after he took control of the nation, Malaysians are probably more divided than ever. The irony is that he calls his ...

After Merdeka, some Umno nationalists used to tell ignorant Malaysians that if they spoke English, they were “unpatriotic”. This confused some Malays and in their state of confusion, some of them were ...