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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At UMNO’S recent general assembly, the trope of “Ketuanan Melayu” rang loud and clear yet again through the halls of the Putra World Trade Centre, drowning out Prime Minister Najib Razak’s “1Malaysia” in the same way that it drowned out…
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KOTA BARU (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has explained that his private trip to Hawaii to meet US President Barack Obama was a diplomatic gesture that will benefit the country. Mr Najib said there was…
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Single-party governments in Southeast Asia are failing across the region unless they are able to reinvent themselves. This was what Norshahril Saat, a PhD candidate at the Department of Political and Social Change, Australian National University and a graduate of…
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A woman has a right to wear what she wants and a person’s attire should not restrict her from being employed. In stating so, MIC Wanita chief Mohana Muniandy said denying a woman a job due to her choice of…
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