PUTRAJAYA — Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak launched today (Feb 10) a Shariah Index to “scientifically” measure the country’s compliance to Islamic teachings, saying the index would also benefit non-Muslims. The index will measure the compliance of eight fields —…
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Malaysia’s highest court has upheld a sodomy conviction against opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, sentencing him to five years’ jail amid angry scenes that will inflame political tensions across the country. Dr Anwar, 67, warned before the verdict was delivered that…
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PAPAR, Feb 8 — Sitting on the porch of his wooden stilt house, Sabahan rubber tapper Jilius Yapoo’s eyes welled up with tears when he recalled his shock earlier this week when he saw his 16-year-old daughter in a tudung (Muslim headscarf)…
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KUALA LUMPUR — An interfaith group today accused a project to distribute one million copies of the Quran of being a concerted effort to persuade non-Muslims to abandon their faith, and urged non-Muslims not to accept the translation of the…
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PETALING JAYA: The Fatwa Committee of the National Council for Islamic Affairs has declared the ideology being preached by the Islamic State (IS) as contradicting Islam, saying that those who join the terrorist organisation are “fighting in vain”. The council…
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