Langkawi International Maritime Aero Expo (LIMA-2019) is planned in Langkawi, Malaysia from 26 March 2019 to 30 March 2019. Indian Air Force is participating in the Maritime Aero Expo for the first time, during which it will showcase its indigenously developed LCA fighter aircraft. The team departed from Air Force Station Kalaikunda for Langkawi today […]
A newly formed Islamic Development Department of Malaysia (Jakim) unit to monitor social media users who insult Islam received some 10,000 complaints. This unit is just a week old. Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Fuziah Salleh says that since some accounts are fake hence, they will be scrutinized. Salleh felt that some of […]
HINDRAF founder Waytha Moorthy Ponnusamy needs no introduction. He is of Indian origin and we Indians back home recognize him as one of the widely respected figures in Malaysia. Waytha has been in news for his epic battles for the rights of Malaysian Indians, marginalized communities like the Orang Asli, and also for his unapologetic […]
Around 100 members from 10 Hindu NGOs gathered in front of the Nepal Embassy in Kuala Lumpur on Friday to hand over a memorandum protesting what they termed as the “unethical conversions in Nepal”. The group gathered and displayed banners outside a building at Jalan Ampang which houses the Nepal Embassy to submit the memorandum against […]
After the Hindu groups in Malaysia launched a fierce protest against a “healing program” which only invited the ‘non-Muslims’ as a result, the program has now been put in a storage. The program by the Alpha Fellowship Centre was dubbed as a bid to convert the impoverished sections of the Hindu community by Hindu groups. […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 11: A coalition of Hindu NGO is set to wage war against a centre located in Sungai Tua, Batu Caves for allegedly organising a “healing program” in order to convert Hindus who may be vulnerable to unethical conversion tactics. “This will not be tolerated anymore and we will stand up to such unethical […]
Towards fostering friendly relations with India’s maritime neighbours, the Indian Navy, through the Naval War College, Goa is hosting the ‘Goa Maritime Symposium – 2018’ on 16th October 2018. The event, which is a follow-on to the maiden Goa Maritime Conclave held in 2017, is likely to be attended by senior naval officers and representatives from […]
Malaysia is busy discussing the right age for people to marry. Malaysia’s Sabah Mufti Datuk Bungsu Aziz Jaafar has spoken out against setting the minimum age of marriage at 18 as it won’t be in tune with the Sharia law which prescribes 14 years of age for girls and 16 for boys. The religious authority […]
Has Islam been slighted in the lesbian caning sentence? Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad spoke out on the controversy that has erupted after two Muslim women were caned for indulging in same-sex or lesbian relations. In a video posted today, the Prime Minister weighed on the issue and said that the caning has put […]
Two Malaysian women, aged 22 and 32, who were arrested this April by officers for indulging in lesbian sex were caned today. The women were found in an objectionable position at a public place in northern Terengganu state. Sharia forbids same-sex relations. The Lesbian couple was caned six times each at the Terengganu Shariah High […]
