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Life is larger than the law, people…
On the appointment of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad as the interim prime minister, this is what Prof Shad Saleem Faruqi had to say and I concur with him. Attorney General Tan Sri Tommy Thomas is right. Words like “skewed interpretation”
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Siti Kasim: Wiretapping is legal, going public with evidence is also okay
PUCHONG: Lawyer-activist Siti Kasim said that law enforcement agencies are empowered to wiretap communications of anyone suspected to be involved in criminal activity. In a Facebook post yesterday, Siti said that then Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri
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We need real change for Malaysian education
We need a new Education Minister with the right qualifications, a scientific mindset and a technocratic iron will to implement the critical changes. I have been a big critic of and objector to Maszlee Malik as Education Minister from day
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Tough being an Education Minister, says KJ and Siti Kasim
PUCHONG: While several quarters lauded Dr Maszlee Malik’s resignation as Education Minister, he also received some encouraging words from Umno MP Khairy Jamaluddin and even his fierce critic, lawyer-activist Siti Kasim. In an Instagram post, Khairy acknowledged that the Education
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Child marriage: Federal govt can criminalise it, bypass state laws
So, the government claimed that Muslim or customary marriage is a matter within state jurisdiction, therefore the Federal Government can only try to persuade but cannot compel the states to raise the age of marriage to 18. Is it true?
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Don’t insult Muslim minds, Mujahid
PUCHONG: Minister in Prime Minister’s Department in charge of Islamic Affairs, Datuk Seri Mujahid Yusof Rawa was taken to task over the controversy surrounding alcohol free beer for insulting the Muslims. “Please don’t insult the Muslims as if we’re easily
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What’s wrong being liberals?
I am going to call a spade a spade. Based on his pronouncements, I must declare that the Johor State Islamic Affairs, Agriculture and Rural Development committee chairman Tosrin Jarvanthi to be dangerous and possibly an extremist. He is labelling
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Scholars, lawyer pan Tuan Ibrahim over ‘fake’ hadith
PUCHONG: Scholars from various fields and a lawyer panned PAS deputy president Datuk Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man’s Islamic justification in rejecting the motion that compels all federal lawmakers to declare assets. “Whatever precedence there is that suggests one to be
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Lawyers come forward with legal aid for Abang Botak
PUCHONG: Two lawyers have come forward to bail out Abang Botak who was sentenced to one-year imprisonment after he was found guilty of being a road bully since prison terms should not be imposed easily like ‘kacang putih’. The term
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