AB Sulaiman

Perkasa - rebirth of a demon

Perkasa - rebirth of a demon

COMMENT Is it ‘ketuanan Melayu' in disguise? The philosophy behind its formation certainly indicates this.
Educating the competent professional

Educating the competent professional

COMMENT Adab inspired education seeems to clash with the scientific approach which requires the mind to be wide open, free from blocks and encumbrances and free from predetermined parameters.
Malay-dominated civil service no good to no one

Malay-dominated civil service no good to no one

COMMENT Favouring Malays in the civil service as a means of empowering them cripples them instead, as well as alienating other races.
Lessons from the Rais Twitter experience

Lessons from the Rais Twitter experience

NONE COMMENT His incredulous statement that Twitter is an unhealthy western import is generic of the Malay thinking.

Inside the minds of the arsonists

Inside the minds of the arsonists

COMMENT 'Why do I worry, this is my country, our leaders are supporting me’ would be the words running in his head as he hurls an incendiary to its target.
Cheerless year for a tormented nation

Cheerless year for a tormented nation

COMMENT Ketuanan Melayu is all about abject abuse of power, crass greed and massive corruption.
The silence of the ulama

The silence of the ulama

COMMENT A whirlpool of problems is confronting the country but religious leaders appear too lost in the other world to offer any solution.
Corruption is now a technical, not moral, issue

Corruption is now a technical, not moral, issue

No place for blind loyalty

No place for blind loyalty

Zambry protecting higher ideals

Zambry protecting higher ideals

Henry Najib, Rais Yatim and it all must be black

Henry Najib, Rais Yatim and it all must be black

Najib' blooming hundred flowers

Najib' blooming hundred flowers

Origins - the Malay angle

Origins - the Malay angle

Michael Chick’s 3-part narration on the origins of the Malays was very scholarly presented. He established the migratory routes of the homo sapiens, from one single point in the savannahs of Africa to all corners of the world.

Cry my beloved Malay soul

Cry my beloved Malay soul

All about science and the Malay language

All about science and the Malay language

‘Bahasa Melayu can be turned into a global winner’ is potentially a myth in the making. It is with this awareness that some of us who have shown preference for English over Malay.
On journalists, religion and integrity

On journalists, religion and integrity

A tale of three Malays

A tale of three Malays

When Abdullah Ahmad Badawi first became prime minister, I remember him saying that the Malays must develop and advance their mindsets to the extent that they can cast away their crutches; that they must have mertabat (dignity and honour) and that they must join the rest of the world socially, economically and intellectually.

He wished for the Malay community to be equipped with the ability to think, to deal with things and solve problems on their own, with no assistance from the government. He wished for a community oozing with self-confidence when facing the challenges of human survival.

The ulama and Malaysian apartheid

The ulama and Malaysian apartheid

The fact still remains that this mental environment leading to this siege mentality, is only an assumption, a perception, even a cultural trait. It is never the truth.
Leaders should watch out for next tsunami

Leaders should watch out for next tsunami

Botox and body-snatching (Part 2)

Botox and body-snatching (Part 2)

The Malaysian polity is saddled with a leadership long in unilateralism, short on human rationality.
Botox and body-snatching (Pt 1)

Botox and body-snatching (Pt 1)

In their opportunistic overzealousness the ulama forget that Islam is a religion of peace and compassion, of purity of heart and mind, of justice, mercy and forgiveness, of love, empathy and respect for other fellowmen.
Window to the Malay mind

Window to the Malay mind

new Like confused ethnocentric crabs, Malay leaders walk sideways and connive for all Malaysians to follow suit.
Al-lah of the Third World mindset

Al-lah of the Third World mindset

new The Malay must therefore be taught the truth. It is the only way he can come out be able to join the ranks of the technically and intellectually advanced communities he so desperately wished to do for so long.

Lam Thye, is the ferry photo authentic?

Lam Thye, is the ferry photo authentic?