Muslims have the obligation to know the halal status of the food they want to consume and cannot blame non-Muslim businesses for their own ignorance, Islamic scholars in Malaysia said. Former Terengganu Mufti Datuk Ismail Yahya and member of PKR’S…
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The Ministry of Transport (MOT) will match in some form Malaysia’s road charge of RM20 (S$6.60) at the two land entry points in Johor – the Causeway and Second Link. The new levy came into effect on Tuesday (Nov 1)….
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*This article first appeared in Forum, The Edge Malaysia Weekly, on October 24 – 30, 2016. There has been much resentment expressed recently towards what is perceived as the Arabisation of Malays. This Arabisation is said to be manifested in…
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KUALA LUMPUR: Until sometime in 1982, a Malaysian woman living in exile in London with her Singaporean husband was all but oblivious to the Palestinian plight. Penang-born Dr Ang Swee Chai, like many non-Muslims, could not relate to the suffering…
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Foreign private-registered vehicles entering Malaysia via Johor will be subjected to an RM20 (S$6.60) charge from Nov 1, the Ministry of Transport (MOT) announced on Friday (Oct 28). The road charge (RC) will be collected each time motorists enter Malaysia…
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