Tag Archive: Barisan Nasional

Kelantan’s Non-Muslims Happy With PAS Rule, But Worried About Slow Economy, Hudud

Malaysia’s opposition Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) has won the support of the ruling United Malays National Organisation (Umno) to strengthen the country’s Syariah Courts, in what looks like the start of cooperation between the traditional rivals ahead of the next…
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Malaysia Court Upholds Jailing Of Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim

Anwar Ibrahim, the former leader of the Malaysian opposition, has lost a final appeal to have his prison sentence for sodomy overturned and will serve out the remaining 16 months of his sentence in jail. Significantly the ruling means Anwar…
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