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Zakir Naik a clear and present danger

COMMENT | Act now before it is too late.

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Neither Mahathir nor Kit Siang are villains

COMMENT | Harapan is recycling BN era policies and being shocked when some people reject those policies.

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'Running dog' narrative returns to bite DAP

COMMENT | Recent events demonstrate that it espouses the same manoeuvrings MCA was demonised for.

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Here is why some people are Islamophobic

COMMENT | I would argue that these 'phobias' are a self-defence mechanism. 

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Khat has everything to do with religion

COMMENT | Khat and religion in this country are not mutually exclusive. Perhaps it is elsewhere, but not in this country.

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The Lynas con

COMMENT | Before the election, stopping Lynas meant saving lives. What changed?

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Is the non-Malay fear of 'khat' legitimate?

COMMENT | Yes, because the learning about culture is a one-way street in Malaysia.

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Stop using the 'deep state' as an excuse for inaction

COMMENT | These days, Harapan always blames the 'deep state' for every incompetent move it makes.

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MIC should not normalise PAS' radicalism

COMMENT | What MIC is doing by hooking up with PAS is dangerous and harmful to the constituents they claim to want to “uplift”.

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We will never have needs-based affirmative action in M'sia

COMMENT | Good on Anwar for saying it, but there is a chasm of difference between saying and doing.

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Majority controlling the narrative is part of the problem

COMMENT | The issue is not that the majority should control the narrative, but rather that freedom of speech should be protected from mob mentality.

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The government versus the indigenous people

COMMENT | Natives who have been on the receiving end of the malfeasance of the state for decades.

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Anwar Ibrahim’s days are numbered

COMMENT | 'The war of words between the PKR president and his deputy has been a long time coming.' 

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Is accusing Kit Siang of creating Bersatu hate speech?

COMMENT | Hamidah Osman’s comments meant to stoke racial sentiments, demonising the DAP as the power behind the throne of Putrajaya.

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Can we trust the government to investigate anything?

COMMENT | The system is the way it is because Malaysians do not really care, in any meaningful way, about the abuses of the system.

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Affirmative action a cheque with no stated amount, no deadline

INTERVIEW | In the final part of this interview, Nasir assesses the performance of Dr M in the year since GE14. 

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PSM's Nasir Hashim: Success is when leaders squirm

INTERVIEW | Retiring PSM chief Mohd Nasir Hashim explains why his party wins hearts, but not elections.

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PSM's Nasir: The struggle is a way of life, not a dinner party

INTERVIEW | In this first of a three-part interview, Nasir describes his political awakening and his tenure in the hot seat.

 

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DAP will always be the whipping boy for the far right

COMMENT | The DAP has to contend with the far right's racism and bigotry that are stymieing efforts to push this country onto more egalitarian terrain.

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What else is there to talk about besides the 3Rs?

COMMENT | As long as M'sians support race-based parties, there will be talk of little else.

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Maturity is a red herring in discourse on 18-year-olds getting the vote

COMMENT | "If you ask a young person to defend and kill for his or her country, then the young person has a right to determine who is asking him or her to do the killing."

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Zakir's here to stay makes a sordid narrative

COMMENT | Malaysia chooses to give shelter to a fugitive on the run.

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Does Harapan want to discover what happened to Amri, Koh?

COMMENT | 'I believe that the Harapan state is afraid of what they might discover...'

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The Mahathir and Anwar saga should end

COMMENT | Isn't it time to move beyond Mahathir and Anwar when it comes to the leadership of this country?

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Playing the same game with hate speech laws

COMMENT | Is Pakatan Harapan really keen to enforce such laws?

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Some of my best friends are Muslims

COMMENT | What is the real danger of Mahathir's anti-Semitism?

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Why isn't PKR investigating if it is an inside job?

COMMENT | "Why is it taking so long to sack Azmin's accuser from his government position and from the party?"

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Is hoping for meritocracy futile?

COMMENT | 'More often then not, hope is a form of delusion.'

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Should Azmin resign if the sex video is genuine?

COMMENT | We are witness to the spectacle of another anointed one in vicious gutter politics.

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Would Harapan trade Zakir Naik for Jho Low?

COMMENT | "Every time the question of Zakir Naik has come up, Harapan politicians have bent over backwards, attempting to justify his stay in Malaysia."