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Malaysia Youth & Sports Minister: Bumiputra University Quotas Insult Malays

KUALA LUMPUR: Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said Malays should view the quota system for entry into local universities as “insulting”. “These quotas and all that, some of it is in Article 153 in the constitution. I have been…
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Zaid Ibrahim: Singapore’s Exit Allowed Malay Ultras To Take Over Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 — Singapore’s expulsion in 1965 prevented Lee Kuan Yew from continuing to press for a “Malaysian Malaysia” and allowed Malay ultras headed by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad to depose Tunku Abdul Rahman, Datuk Zaid Ibrahim asserted…
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Dr Tariq Ramadan: Malaysian Muslims Should Acknowledge Discrimination Against Minorities In Country

KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysian Muslims complaining of discrimination by the West should first acknowledge the injustices against minorities in their own country, a renowned Muslim academic said critically today. Speaking in defence pluralism, Swiss academic Dr Tariq Ramadan recounted anecdotes…
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