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Transformasi Turki: Daripada Erbakan hingga Erdogan – Bahagian II
Dr Radwan Masmodi, pengasas dan Pengarah Center for The Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID) semasa awal kemenangan AKP – tahun 2002 – pernah menyebut dalam sebuah artikelnya yang bertajuk Turkey Leads The Way menulis: “In Turkey today, we at last have […]
Responding to Hafiz Noor Shams on Minimum Wage
Hafiz Noor Shams responded again. Here is my take on it:
The Case for a More Realistic Minimum Wage
Prime Minister Najib Razak’s announcement of a minimum wage requirement for the private sector has been met with outrage from pro-business Malaysians. Their argument, in short, is that there should be no minimum wage at all. A minimum-wage policy will […]
Teras Progresif Ekonomi Islam
Dalam perkembangan yang mutakhir, Malaysia semakin diiktiraf oleh ramai pemerhati dan pelancong sebagai sebuah negara yang relatifnya kaya. Hal ini, bagaimanapun, tidak semestinya bermakna ia dengan itu tersenarai di kalangan negara Islam yang pada bandingannya kaya. Perkaitan antara harta dan […]
Bersih denies losing control
Organisers did not lose control on protesters during the Bersih 3.0 demonstration yesterday, insisted Bersih co-chairperson Ambiga Sreenevasan.
Rights groups accuse government of contempt for basic freedoms as officers fire upon crowd of tens of thousands
Riot police in the capital, Kuala Lumpur, fired water cannon and several dozen teargas rounds after protesters demanding electoral reform tried to break through barriers at Merdeka Square, in defiance of a court order.
Press Release: Police response during BERSIH 3.0 rally disproportionate and excessive
The Malaysian Bar is appalled at the abuse of the legal process and grotesque use of force by the police in connection with the BERSIH 3.0 rally in Kuala Lumpur yesterday, 28 April 2012.
BERSIH 2.0 PRESS STATEMENT – 20 April 2012
BERSIH 2.0 PRESS STATEMENT – 20 April 2012 Yesterday, the 19th of April 2012, many Bills were rushed through Parliament. One of them which appears to have escaped the attention of the public was a Bill that sought to amend the […]
Kedah’s new fatwa ruling anti-democratic
The Islamic Renaissance Front (IRF) reads reports of Kedah’s new fatwa ruling with alarm. According to The Star, the ruling enacted by the Kedah State Assembly on Tuesday will ensure that a fatwa decided by the mufti and fatwa committee […]
Muhammad Rashid Ridha dan al-Manar
Muhammad Rashid Ridha (1865-1935) adalah sosok pembaharu yang telah melakarkan sumbangan bermakna dalam gerakan pembaharuan di dunia Islam. Pemikiran islah yang digagaskannya merumuskan fikrah tajdid yang ideal yang terkesan daripada gagasan pan-Islam yang dicetuskan oleh Jamal al-Din al-Afghani dan Imam […]
A review of ‘Homosexuality, Right or Crime’?
Malaysia is a complex nation of ethnicities, languages, religions and cultures. In the best of times, this wealth of character can be a source of great pride — an actual demonstration of how it can be possible that a society […]
Putting homosexuality in the right perspective
KUALA LUMPUR: Some of the most emotional and divisive issues in our society, specifically issues concerning gay rights, revolve around two central and critical questions: should homosexual activity be legalised or branded immoral and illegal? In an effort to bring […]
The Election Commissioners Must Resign – 12 April 2012
BERSIH 2.0 demands the immediate resignation of the present Election Commissioners as they have compromised the integrity of the electoral roll and allowed electoral fraud to continue unabated. We hold the Election Commissioners responsible for the cleaning up of the […]
BERSIH 2.0 – PRESS STATEMENT – 11 April 2012
While BERSIH 2.0 welcomes the statement by the Minister of Home Affairs that BERSIH 3.0 may proceed with our gathering on Saturday, 28 April 2012, we do not agree that there is a necessity to change the venue to other […]
Bersih 3.0 – Sit-In/Duduk Bantah! 28/4/12, 2-4pm, Dataran Merdeka
Yesterday, BERSIH 2.0 released a statement responding to the Parliamentary Select Committee on Electoral Reform’s report which was tabled in Parliament. This statement is being issued as a follow-up to the Parliamentary Select Committee’s report and relates to the […]
Response From Bersih 2.0 To The Recommendations Of The Parliamentary Select Committee on Electoral Reform
The Parliamentary Select Committee on Electoral Reform has formulated 22 recommendations to improve the electoral system in Malaysia. Overall, BERSIH 2.0 notes that many of the recommendations involve the Election Commission implementing the proposed reforms or undertaking further study into […]
BERSIH 2.0 AND TINDAK MALAYSIA: PROPOSED REFORMS TO THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM
PRESS STATEMENT 6 MARCH 2012 BERSIH 2.0 AND TINDAK MALAYSIA: PROPOSED REFORMS TO THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM Kuala Lumpur, March 6, 2012 (Tuesday) – Bersih 2.0, a coalition on free and fair elections, and TindakMalaysia, a civil society movement on voter […]
Political Violence Threatens Elections in Malaysia
PRESS STATEMENT 29 FEBRUARY 2012 Political Violence Threatens Elections in Malaysia Bersih 2.0 urges Prime Minister Najib Razak to immediately stop the serial political violence inflicted on opposition politicians and civil society activists by thugs reportedly related to UMNO […]
BERSIH 2.0: Judge Failed to Uphold Constitutional Rights of Overseas
Press Statement: 6 January 2012 BERSIH 2.0: Judge Failed to Uphold Constitutional Rights of Overseas Malaysians BERSIH 2.0 is deeply disappointed with the decision given by Judge Rohana Yusuf on the application by six overseas Malaysians to register as absent […]
BERSIH 2.0 New Year’s Message: Clean up the Nation with our Votes
Press Statement: 1 January 2012 BERSIH 2.0 New Year’s Message: Clean up the Nation with our Votes The Year 2011 has been a deeply frustrating one if one examines the performance of the Malaysian State. From the 50-cent-per-email 1Malaysia Email, […]
