After the conclusion of Malaysia‘s 13th General Election, the general perception now is that reformation or opposition politics has been demonized in Malaysia to a considerable degree, and the youth have been forced on threat of losing their government scholarships, to stay completely out of politics. This is only a compromise solution, which can blow up at any time much as has the Arab youth in the middle East.Continue reading ““A Malaysian Spring?”: A Brief Note to our new Minister of Youth”
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Conflict of Interest
For over thirty years, “the GOLKAR Umbrella” in Indonesia required all voting parties to register and be monitored by themselves. The result was a “one-party democracy” in which Suharto was usually credited with winning over 90% of any election, as has occurred in many other communist and third-world Muslim governments around the world.Continue reading “Conflict of Interest”
Porous Borders and Democratic Processes
It is a consequence of the electronic age that national borders are not what they once were. Political processes devised within older borders, usually remained there and were not a threat to other countries.
Uncovering the truth about BERSIH 2.0
There is a “human right” now being exercised almost universally, that is, the Right of Free Assembly. The recent Thai election shows one clear result of such assemblies, called the “Red Shirts”. The Middle East is awash with such assemblies, in almost all cases directed against prolonged, corrupt leadership.Continue reading “Uncovering the truth about BERSIH 2.0”
The hazards to Islamic NGOs
The following is my brief response to the piece ‘Reclaiming higher moral ground‘:
The PEMBELA event on 7 May 2011 was held on a moderate scale. Unlike the ‘Shariah & Isu Semasa” forum back in July 2006 at Masjid Wilayah, which drew huge attendance of the public, the conservative target of the recent occasion was about 300 attendees (at least 150 turned up.) The recent gathering provided an occasion for the organizers to touch base with the leaders of Islamic NGOs while expanding our network base and to remind them of the long struggle that we must continue in light of the emerging issues, especially the ‘Al Kitab’ controversy.Continue reading “The hazards to Islamic NGOs”
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