Earlier today, both of us received the news that Hussein Hamid had passed away at the Kuala Lumpur General Hospital. Last week, Hussein collapsed inside a mall after suffering a stroke, which left him in a coma. He passed away peacefully without regaining consciousness. Secularism has been defined as the separation of public life and civil/government matters from religious teachings and commandments, or more simply the separation of religion and politics. It is an evolution that the great majority of the world’s nations have gone through – some quickly, others more slowly.

The recent PAS Muktamar brings to the forefront – yet again – the question of whether secular Islam is a possibility in an increasingly racially and religiously acrimonious and divided Malaysia. Secularism has been defined as the separation of public life and civil/government matters from religious teachings and commandments, or more simply the separation of religion and politics. It is an evolution that the great majority of the world’s nations have gone through – some quickly, others more slowly.

The launch by Huawei of its latest handphone should never have happened according to the planning of US strategic and foreign policy makers. During the last five years the Trump and Biden administrations have tried every trick in the economics, geo-political and industrial manufacturing books and more to cripple the Chinese semiconductor industry by blocking its access to advanced semiconductors, chip-making equipment, and supercomputer components.

The five nation BRICS met in South Africa on 23rd August 2023 amidst western media disparagement of the importance of the grouping and aspersions cast on whether the “hodgepodge” of nations it represented would amount to any kind of force in international economy and politics.

A new starting point needed for orang asli IN the last few weeks there has been an unusual flurry of press statements drawing attention to the orang asli community. They include the announcement of a national conference to be held on Jan 11 to discuss proactive proposals to resolve the issues faced by the 200,000 orang asli in the country.

Blinken: Hello boss Great speech haha. Spot on calling Xi a dictator and all that. Wonderful off the cuff and right on target. I like the way you handled the balloon incident. This should shut up the Republicans. We could have taken a bigger hit from it but to turn it into something that Xi was not aware of is absolutely brilliant. One for the history books.

Should the US go to war with China, Taiwan’s largest chip maker, TSMC will be the first target to be blown up, according to a strategist at the US Air Force’s Air War College. Not by China, but by the US military.

IPOH: Perak track master Suppiah Ramalingam produced three Olympians, one of them within six months, and was key in Malaysia’s glory years of athletics in the 1960s.

Anwar Fazal: Right Livelihood Award Winner With a Passion for History

Malaysia is full of gems waiting to be explored. While cities like George Town, Ipoh, and Malacca city have established their positions as popular getaway spots, there are so many smaller towns and villages full of distinctive cultures, sights, good food, character, and charm that remain far from the limelight they deserve.

For the country to have any hope for change - real change - from the toxic racial politics that we have endured especially since May 13, 1969, it is imperative that Muda, the younger generation of politicians, and especially all wannabe political leaders go back to learning about history - the real history and not any reinvented, perverted or opportunistic one.

IPOH: Perak track master Suppiah Ramalingam produced three Olympians, one of them within six months, and was key in Malaysia’s glory years of athletics in the 1960s.

As the war in Ukraine enters its third week we are horrified at the extent of politicking, finger pointing and blame assignment which is reaching new levels of intensity and irrationality.

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As the Beijing Olympics reaches its mid way point, competition is taking place among the English-language western media to see which can win the gold medal for using the sporting event to engage in China bashing.

Sungai Ruan is a village located in the Raub District in the Pahang state of Malaysia.

The flag and the coat of arms of Perlis are state symbols of Perlis, a state in Malaysia.

Wau bulan is an intricately designed Malaysian moon-kite (normally with floral motifs) that is traditionally flown in the Malaysian state of Kelantan.

Istana Alam Shah merupakan istana rasmi Sultan Selangor.

The lesser mouse-deer, lesser Malay chevrotain, or kanchil (Tragulus kanchil) is a species of even-toed ungulate in the family Tragulidae.