Here are the key headlines from yesterday you may have missed, in brief.

Hudud shockwave continues

Controversial pro-BN columnist Ridhuan Tee Abdullah says he has quit MCA out of protest for the party's stand against the hudud.

In response, MCA says it shows the party is not anti-Islam, while MCA Youth leader Ng Kian Nam said Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak should resign if the bill to amend Act 355 is passed.

PAS said it will leave it to Umno to explain why PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang wants to amend Act 355, to raise the penalty threshold of the syariah court.

It claims Umno members of the government said they will back the Act 355 amendment, which will pave the way for hudud in Kelantan.

PKR Youth religious bureau chief Wan Ji Wan Hussin says it is wrong to brand those who reject the Kelantan hudud enactment as 'apostate', as the enactment is a product of the thinking of the PAS ulamas, not God's law.

Gerakan Youth deputy chief Andy Yong takes on blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin, after the blogger said non-Muslims were granted citizenship but not the right to tell Muslims how to practise their religion.

Amanah unlikely to field top gun, mourning ban rebutted

Despite earlier speculations, Amanah is believed to be opting for local teacher Azhar Shukur as its Sungai Besar by-election candidate, and not party president Mohamad Sabu.

(opting for local teacher)

Meanwhile, PKR Youth religious bureau chief Wan Ji Wan Hussin said even Prophet Muhammad allowed a widow to leave her home, and that the restrictions for the mourning period must be viewed in their context.

This is after Umno Youth exco Fathul Bahri Mat Jahaya asserted that BN's chosen Kuala Kangsar by-election candidate Mastura Yazid cannot campaign as she cannot leave her house for four lunar months and 10 days, following the death of her husband, incumbent MP Wan Mohammad Khair-il Wan Ahmad.

Johor prince tells cops to back down

Johor Crown Prince Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim urged police to drop investigations against two individuals alleged to have made postings against him on the social media.

Tunku Ismail said he is not affected by the criticisms online and would rather have the police arrange for his critics to meet him, so they can say it to him in person.

The prince's stand was praised by constitutional expert Abdul Aziz Bari as a democratic move.

Other Kinibites:

Asia is on the verge of a financial crisis and Malaysia is third in line for the fall, due to high domestic debt levels and inflated asset prices, an analyst said.

Citizens' Declaration says it is making every effort to remove suspect signatures from the petition, while police say they will question the programmer who claimed he sold a database to be used to fake signatures for the online petition.

PKR secretary-general Rafizi Ramli lodges a report with the Malaysia Anti-Corruption Comission on claims money and "women" were asked of those wanting to deal with the PKR-led Selangor government.

The Court of Appeal upholds the late DAP lawmaker Karpal Singh's sedition conviction, but reduces sentence to a RM1,800 fine.

Looking ahead

Rafizi's Official Secrets Act trial starts in the High Court in Kuala Lumpur.

PAS Youth and PAS ulama wings' annual congress takes place in Kelantan.

Federal Court will hear the final appeal of Aleyasak Hamid, who sued the government for violence against him during the first Bersih rally.