The DAP is the Democratic Action Party, which advocates secularism in Malaysia. Pahang mufti Abdur Rahman Osman is saying that members of this party, because they oppose Islamic principles, should be put to death. He is, in effect, calling for civil war and chaos in Malaysia, from which, presumably, he thinks a fully Islamic state […]
Malaysian government backs bill to impose Sharia in the country
“It applies only to certain offences and this comes under the jurisdiction of the Syariah court and is only applicable to the Muslims. It has nothing to do with non-Muslims.” If there is any truth to this at all, the laws regarding the subjugation of non-Muslims as dhimmis will not be imposed, but this will […]
Dr. Omar Ahmad and The Agony of the “Decent Muslim”
Professor Emeritus Dr Omar Farouk Sheikh Ahmad is a professor at the Centre for Policy Research and International Studies (CenPRIS), Universiti Sains Malaysia. The current state and status of Islam in the world worries him. For Dr. Ahmad is a devout Muslim, but instead of denying the many attacks by Muslims throughout the world, he […]
Malaysia: Muslim lawyers says Muslims have no right to leave Islam
Is Muslims Lawyers Association president Datuk Zainul Rijal Abu Bakar an “extremist”? No. A hadith depicts Muhammad saying: “Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill him” (Bukhari 9.84.57). The death penalty for apostasy is part of Islamic law according to all the schools of Islamic jurisprudence. This is still the position of all the schools […]
Malaysia: Muslim cleric among 15 Muslims arrested for plotting jihad mass murder attacks for the Islamic State
A “mosque cleric” was arrested plotting jihad mass murder for the Islamic State? Doesn’t he know that Islam teaches peace and that the Islamic State has nothing, nothing whatsoever, to do with Islam? Will Obama and John Kerry and Pope Francis and David Cameron travel to Malaysia to teach this imam the true, peaceful Islam? […]
Moderate Malaysia: Muslims pressuring children in Catholic schools to convert to Islam
“Catholic school pupils are being pressured to convert to Islam, according to Sister Rita Chew, president of the Educational Commission of the Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu (Sabah Region, East Malaysia). The religious denounces an increasingly aggressive presence of Muslims in schools run by the Church: ‘Some people seem very interested in bringing forward Muslims programs […]
Moderate Malaysia: Man seeks court’s help to renounce Islam
He wants to leave Islam in order to marry his Hindu girlfriend. That’s his business, and only his business — or at least it should be that way. Because of the strictures of Islamic law, however, he is entangled in legal difficulty, because Islamic law forbids Muslims to leave Islam, and even in “moderate” Indonesia, […]
Malaysia unveils world’s first fully Sharia-compliant airline
This is great news. If only Islamic jihadis were fastidious enough to insist on flying Rayani Airlines and no other. No such luck, alas. Note also that when Rayani Airlines says it’s going to implement Sharia, everyone knows what it means: no alcohol, no pork, no visible female hair, no “immodest” uniforms, prayers before the […]
Malaysia Muslim leader: Liberalism must submit to Islam
“Liberalism can live hand-in-hand with faith, only if it’s willing to live under an Islamic system. If liberalism tries to redefine or reform Islam following the demands of liberal basis, that maybe can never be accepted by Islam.” At a time when Western leaders are staking the futures of their countries on the ability of […]
Modern, moderate Malaysia: Politician gets 16 months’ jail for insulting Islam and Muhammad
In the free and enlightened West, we don’t imprison people for insulting Islam and Muhammad. We just denounce them for “provoking” Muslims and “poking them in the eye,” excoriate them for their “racism” and “bigotry,” and ban them from various venues as a danger to all civilized folk, ignoring the fact that the danger comes […]