Archive - 30 December 2005

There's always a price to pay for messing around with nature. A brutal reminder was the Dec 26 tsunami when with a flick of her eyebrows, she took more than 200,000 lives.

The same High Court judge and the same provision cited - this time it's the case of two Ayah Pin's self-confessed apostate followers.

The Senators Club tells the media to stop playing up 'racial and religious' sentiments in the controversy surrounding the burial of Mt Everest hero M Moorthy.

The government is taking action against the popular MCA-control daily over the expose of the infamous nude ear-squat scandal that caused a diplomatic flap with China.

In this country, even the right to the last rites has become embroiled in the dynamics of power. Power is another name for the law, for ultimately the law - both civil and divine - is enacted by...

'We are not questioning Islam or the rights of Muslims... We are saying non-Muslims should have legal remedy.'

A Malaysian man is claiming a new record after teaching non-stop for 88 hours, in a feat involving hundreds of students which left him with a sore back and high blood pressure.

For the next 29 days, a 'lightning' candlelight vigil will be held every night in KL. The aim - to create awareness on the need for constitutional amendments to protect non-Muslims rights.

Mohamad Burok, president of the Syarie Lawyers Association, ticked off the religious authority for its controversial burial of Everest hero M Moorthy.

It was a close call, but in the end a drama that stretched for over five months involving power, money and bodily contact yielded the winners of our annual award.

new Muslim women start off the new year with a lame excuse of a gift: the controversial amended Islamic Family Law

Minister Nazri Aziz says when there is a dispute over conversions, the case should be heard in a civil court where all sides can be represented.

updated version It has been shut down due to an unspecified security threat directed at the mission.

The National Fatwa Council ruled that thoracic sticking, which was an issue of contention in imports of halal meat from Australia, is permissable under Islamic rules