Religious preaching that encourages violence or pits one religion against another will not be tolerated in Singapore, said Minister for Home Affairs and Law K Shanmugam in Parliament on Friday (Mar 3). Referring to a video posted on social media…
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What makes a Muslim, a Muslim? Just being born into a Muslim family sure doesn’t make one a Muslim. So what is it? Is it the five daily prayers? Is it the regular remembrance of God? Or is it the…
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Fenomena perniagaan mempergunakan agama yang semakin ketara sejak kebelakangan ini telah mengundang perdebatan hangat di kalangan sebahagian masyarakat Melayu/Islam. Meskipun ada yang menuduh para pengusaha bisnes sedemikian sebagai sekadar “penjual agama”, apa yang lebih penting ialah memahami mengapa fenomena ini…
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For decades Wahhabism, the strict strain of Islam that promotes a literal interpretation of the Quran, has been Saudi Arabia’s predominant faith, and since the 1970s the oil-rich kingdom has been generous in sending funds to other Muslim countries to…
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Penyanyi pop yeh yeh era 60-an dan 70-an, M. Ishak, yang popular dengan lagu ‘Yale Yale’, meninggal dunia pada usia 72 tahun, 11.30 malam tadi (2 Feb). Anak sulung beliau, Mohd Nazaruddin, 42 tahun, atau dikenali sebagai Zack, memberitahu BERITAMediacorp…
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