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Nazri Aziz

Inequality in the name of Islam

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | July 15, 2013 4 Comments

THE problem with the Administration of the Religion of Islam (Federal Territories) Bill 2013 wasn’t just that it was “unfair” to non-Muslims or controversial. The reason it has no place in Malaysia is that the bill entrenches inequalities and does so in the name of Islam.

Fighting the likes of Ibrahim Ali and Utusan Malaysia

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | May 23, 2011 27 Comments

PERKASA president Datuk Ibrahim Ali‘s call for a “crusade” against Christians who challenge Islam’s position was disturbing, to say the least.  As was the unsubstantiated front-page Utusan Malaysia report that Christian leaders had pledged to make Christianity the official religion of Malaysia. What should be the right response to such hurtful and false speech? Should […]

Umno’s tangle over “Allah”

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | March 21, 2011 20 Comments

YET again, in the tussle over “Allah” and Malay-language Bibles, the Umno-led Barisan Nasional government shows how unclear it is about what it means to respect the religious rights of non-Muslims.

Regulating the internet: What’s BN afraid of?

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | February 7, 2011 5 Comments

CAN the Malaysian government actually be thinking of imposing more controls on our already overly-regulated right to freedom of expression? There’s a myriad of laws available to arrest, charge, fine and jail Malaysians for speaking their minds in ways the government disapproves of. But apparently, these controls are still not enough. On 24 Jan 2011 […]

The importance of Bersih

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | November 8, 2010 5 Comments

IT feels like only yesterday but it’s been three years this week since the historic Bersih rally of 10 Nov 2007 that demanded for free and fair elections. For certain, that 40,000 strong rally, together with the subsequent Hindraf demonstration in Kuala Lumpur, was partly responsible for the political tsunami of the 2008 general election. […]

Has Nazri always been “civil to the opposition”?

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | September 27, 2010 5 Comments

DATUK Seri Nazri Abdul Aziz is being hailed as a hero in some quarters for his “Malaysian first, Malay second” remarks in an open letter responding to Utusan Malaysia’s Awang Selamat. The minister in the prime minister’s department also said that “being civil to the opposition is the right thing to do in a democracy” as they are also elected by the people. But has Nazri always been civil to the opposition?

Peddling fear and distrust, Harussani-style

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | August 26, 2010 5 Comments

HOW reliable is the recent claim by Perak mufti Tan Sri Harussani Zakaria that a political party was drafting a new constitution threatening the special position of Malay Malaysians? In 2006, he had also spread unfounded allegations that Muslims had been converted and were to be baptised.

Creating a purposeful Parliament

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | July 21, 2010 4 Comments

ONE thing is obvious from the answers of the Members of Parliament (MPs) who responded to The Nut Graph‘s MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project: more focus is given to their roles as constituency caretakers than as lawmakers. Not that it’s entirely the MPs’ fault. Part of the reason for this is the way the […]

Should the subordinate courts have more power?

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | July 19, 2010 Leave a Comment

WHY has there been such a furore over the government’s amendment of the Subordinate Courts Act? And why should the public care that the Act has been amended? As a result of Parliament passing the amendment, the Sessions Court can now hear civil cases worth up to RM1 million while the Magistrates Court cases worth […]

JPA scholarships: What will it be?

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | July 14, 2010 4 Comments

The status of Public Service Department scholarships has changed three times within a month, from one minister saying there were insufficient funds, to another saying it would not be a problem to source for additional funding. So what’s the real deal with JPA scholarships?

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