Malaysiakini compares the key news and views in major newspapers. What is today's agenda for the newspapers?

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English newspapers

The New Straits Times led with the suspension of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim and three other senior MPs from parliament yesterday, calling it ‘chaos' sparked by opposition benchers' ‘attack' on speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia.

The Star likewise front-paged the same incident, saying the opposition raised ‘a ruckus' following the suspension of Anwar, along with DAP chairperson Karpal Singh, PKR deputy president Azmin Ali and Subang MP R Sivarasa.

Malay newspapers

Sinar Harian and Utusan Malaysia turned the spotlight on a raid on a Shiite centre by the Selangor Islamic Department (Jais), claiming that the group used sex to attract members and considered other Islamic sects as pagans and deemed killing them as halal.

Berita Harian , meanwhile, took the same line as the English dailies, focusing on the parliament debacle which the paper described as having sullied the August House.

Chinese newspapers

Nanyang Siang Pau highlighted the intention of  Europe, Japan and South Korea to set up steelworks in Bagan Datoh Industrial Estate, Perak, with a total estimated investment of RM27 billion.

Sin Chew Daily and China Press led with the suspension of four members of the opposition - Anwar Ibrahim, Karpal Singh, Azmin Ali and Sivarasa Rasiah - which triggered vehement protests from Pakatan parliamentarians, including a walkout.

Oriental Daily News also gave prominence to  the chaos of yesterday's parliamentary meeting, sparked by the suspension of Anwar and another three opposition members without debating the matter.

Editorial

The New Straits Times today took an indirect swipe at Singapore over the WikiLeaks cable that cited the island nation's diplomats allegedly telling their Australian counterparts that Malaysian leaders were incompetent.

Without naming any parties, the paper said it is "irksome" to Malaysia that a "friendly" nation is "so dismissive of the country's leadership and misrepresent proof of its democratic development as a signal of imminent collapse".

Berita Harian focused its attention on Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's call to revive the role of the mosque as a centre of commerce and social development, urging Muslims to follow Prophet Mohammad's example in pushing holistic development centred at the place of worship.

The paper said Muslims need to shake off the "stigma" of being a community of consumers and become a community of providers.