Mandarin has divided Malaysia. The former director-general of Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Awang Sariyan, yesterday said that the Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng must be charged for sedition as he issued an official ministry statement in Mandarin recently. Sariyan said that this was against the core valued of Malaysia and also reminded the Minister that the […]
Perlis mufti Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin again attacked Hindraf, and asked his followers and voters to not give votes to it in the upcoming polls, after the group made an alliance with the opposition coalition Pakatan Harapan (PH). In a Facebook post, the influential Muslim leader claimed that Hindraf was a threat to the nation […]
Following is the press statement of Prof. Dr. Ramasamy who is a famous Malaysian Hindu leader. The statement has not been edited: Who is Perlis Mufti Mood Asri Zainal to tell Malaysian voters that they should reject Hindraf candidates if they fielded in the coming general election. Asri might be influential among some sections of […]
Can followers of Hinduism stay mute when bulls or any animal, for that matter, is being ill-treated? Thaipusam is a festival which attracts Hindus to Malaysia. But this year, the Department of Veterinary Services (DVS) has started an investigation into a complaint about the mistreatment of bulls used to pull the silver Thaipusam chariot […]
Sanjay Leela Bhansali is happy that his movie Padmaavat is getting good reviews. In an interview to newspaper Mid Day, the director took on the matter of Swara Bhaskar criticizing the movie for alleged Jauhar glorification and said that Jauhar in the context, is ‘an act of war.’ He explained: “Our men have died on […]
In Penang, Malaysia, the Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) has called for less breaking of coconuts after last year’s Thaipusam where about 400,000 broken coconuts were found with their flesh intact. CAP education officer NV Subbarow is quoted by the Free Malaysia Today as saying that since breaking more coconuts mean more luck hence people […]
Malaysia’s Islamic experts belonging to The Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jakim) want to meet a successful cosmetic entrepreneur named Nur Sajat after it was speculated that she could be a transgender. Malaysia is a Muslim-majority country and LGBT (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender) communities are frowned upon. A newspaper mStar has reported that the Jakim’s […]
Malaysia saw the ugliest face of patriarchy when a video emerged showing a man slapping a woman for not wearing the hijab or Islamic headscarf at a bus stop in Penang. The woman is said to be of Indonesian origin. The video was uploaded on January 5 and has Malaysia debating this sudden aggression against […]
Penang Deputy Chief Minister Prof. Dr.Ramasamy took to social media to denounce the demolition of Hindu Temple in Johor, Malaysia that has sparked a major row. Calling the Hindu Temple demolition in Johor a mockery of constitutional safeguards he said that the destruction of places of worship is an affront to the decency and well being […]
Is Zakir Naik hiding in Malaysia? That is one question on which Malaysian government is playing hide and seek with not just the world community, specifically India, but also with its own Malaysian Indian citizens who are alarmed by the presence of Zakir Naik on their motherland. Reacting to a report ” Zakir Naik attends […]
