PARTICIPANTS of the 28 Aug 2009 cow-head protest claim that a Hindu temple cannot be built in a Muslim-majority area as this would affect the way they function as Muslims. Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim was even labelled a “traitor to the Malay race and Islam” because of the state government’s proposal to […]
Hindus
Ponggal celebration for Hindus
PENANG, 14 Jan 2009: Today is Ponggal Festival, an occasion that has R Subramaniam’s family waking up much earlier than usual to make the necessary preparations like decorating their house with sugar cane, mango leaves and drawing the kolam. Dressed in their colourful new clothes, Subramaniam, his wife and their three children began the Ponggal […]
