M Bakri Musa

LETTER | End useless monthly ministry assemblies

LETTER | End useless monthly ministry assemblies

These long meetings are a waste of money and time.
LETTER | Simple but necessary steps to improving English in schools

LETTER | Simple but necessary steps to improving English in schools

But the challenge is to find the will to execute it.
LETTER | Syed Saddiq is really a class act

LETTER | Syed Saddiq is really a class act

The Muar MP sets a new level of conduct for politicians.
LETTER | Humility, discursive Islam, and a culture of ambiguity

LETTER | Humility, discursive Islam, and a culture of ambiguity

The hallmarks that led to Islam's golden age have been replaced with dogma.
LETTER | Quit the endless bumiputera congresses

LETTER | Quit the endless bumiputera congresses

Better for PM Anwar Ibrahim to send students to top Western universities. 
LETTER | Green Wave flounders on its own shallowness

LETTER | Green Wave flounders on its own shallowness

The fear of Islamists taking over Malaysia is misplaced.
COMMENT | Back to status quo - only more dangerous

COMMENT | Back to status quo - only more dangerous

Make Malays competitive to stem the rise of Islamists and nationalists. 
COMMENT | Follies of Islamic economics

COMMENT | Follies of Islamic economics

Islamic economics are stuck on labels, burdening the ummah. 
COMMENT | The puerile pursuit of Islamisation of knowledge

COMMENT | The puerile pursuit of Islamisation of knowledge

Leaders and intellectuals should dispense justice and focus on developing the ummah. 
COMMENT | Unwise to increase salaries of all teachers

COMMENT | Unwise to increase salaries of all teachers

Targeted allowance increases could better address lack of certain educators.
COMMENT | No joy, only a colossal national shame

COMMENT | No joy, only a colossal national shame

Those still supporting Najib Abdul Razak are simply delusional.

COMMENT | Something extra special to remember this Hari Raya

COMMENT | Something extra special to remember this Hari Raya

With the Covid-19 curve 'flattened', we can again celebrate as a congregation in sunny California.

COMMENT | Malaysia’s grand delusion 2020

COMMENT | Malaysia’s grand delusion 2020

The country is now fast slipping irreversibly into the ranks of failed states and chronic third-world status.

COMMENT | Anwar Ibrahim’s comeback and Malaysia’s good fortune

COMMENT | Anwar Ibrahim’s comeback and Malaysia’s good fortune

COMMENT | Malaysia is more than ready and in desperate need of a new leader and administration.

COMMENT | A very different Ramadan, but the essence remains

COMMENT | A very different Ramadan, but the essence remains

If we take our core religious values and commitments to heart, then we should be able to adapt to the current reality.

Mahathir’s halfway leadership

Mahathir’s halfway leadership

LETTER | He should exit gracefully.

Mahathir must make way for Anwar... now

Mahathir must make way for Anwar... now

COMMENT | Having dislodged the Najib administration, it is time for Mahathir to exit. Delaying would only risk tarnishing that singular achievement.

When desperate, thump your chest and chant 'Malay unity!'

When desperate, thump your chest and chant 'Malay unity!'

LETTER | The ugly reality and utter shame of continued Malay backwardness remain.

Malaysia should do a Lehman Brothers on Goldman Sachs

Malaysia should do a Lehman Brothers on Goldman Sachs

COMMENT | This is to teach these bankers a lesson to never again collude with kleptocrats.
A collective Malay shame and tragedy

A collective Malay shame and tragedy

COMMENT | Had Najib's 'Bin Razak' status been ignored, M'sia would have been spared much grief and a whole lot less debt today.

Liquidate 1MDB and appoint a special prosecutor to handle the mess

Liquidate 1MDB and appoint a special prosecutor to handle the mess

COMMENT | This is because it consumes excessive attention from the current gov't, to the detriment of its other responsibilities.

Religious barriers to Malay participation in commerce

Religious barriers to Malay participation in commerce

COMMENT | Although Islam and commerce have entered the Malay world together, it is an irony that today capitalism is viewed as "Un-Islamic"...

Time for Malays’ own quiet revolution

Time for Malays’ own quiet revolution

COMMENT | Quit the endless drawn-out congresses and disruptive rousing rallies. Buckle down to some serious work.

The banality of Najib’s leadership

The banality of Najib’s leadership

COMMENT | How did such a character ascend to the highest office in the land?