Malaysia Does Not Need Another Sectarian Organisation!
Sectarianism, be it on the grounds of race, culture, language or religion, can only be divisive in the long run. The sad litany of human history shows that religion can and has been used as a dividing factor that has torn many a society apart, and this is true [...]
It is interesting to reflect on the asinine times we live in, particularly if like me, you are involved in that nebulous thing called ‘Inter-cultural dialogue’. Over the past four weeks I have been engaged in numerous rounds of dialogues between Western Europeans and Muslim migrant communities in Amsterdam, Paris and Berlin, and in every [...]
It has, for reasons best known to some, become rather trendy to talk about the restoration of power to the King these days. Looking around the troubled landscape of Malaysia at the moment one does understand how and why the frustration of many could have led them to the conclusion that some higher form of [...]
Written by Syazana Fatkhi
I recently attended the Parlimentary roundtable affirming that Malaysia is indeed a secular state (August 10) and I learned so much about the history of Malaysia, from gender-bias, legal, religious, political, scholarly, legislative to parliamentary standpoints, which opened my eyes to a bigger understanding of my country, Malaysia.
But I couldn’t help but [...]
‘No we are not racist. It is just that we need to preserve and protect our German identity and culture, and our Judeo-Christian heritage. The more Turkish Muslims come here, the less we know who and what we are. We cannot allow our identity and culture to be confused like that…’
How many times have I [...]
We are in hell by now. No, we are not going to hell, but we are already there it seems.
Let me explain what I mean by this: I happen to teach comparative religion and one of the things I’ve noticed while giving my lectures is how in every major religious system of the world there [...]
