Chandra Muzaffar

opinion Najib Razak's 'we're an Islamic state' has unwittingly started another fiery debate on the issue. So is Malaysia a secular or Islamic state?

All the signs point to a need for Malaysia to tread with caution in agreeing to a Free Trade Agreement with the US.

Malaysians must realise it is more important to raise the dignity of the living than to squabble over the identity of the dead.

Its recent meeting in Putrajaya hardly did much. But is this a surprise when one looks at where the loyalty of some of its members lie?

It is high time to realise that Israel's hegemonic political posturing is the single most dangerous threat to Middle East stability and to world peace.

Any form of discrimination motivated by religious or ethnic considerations in matters pertaining to a person's livelihood is anathema to Islam.

God is, and has always been, the God of the whole of humankind, of all the universes. God is not the prized possession of any particular religion or community.

In the last few days a variety of comments have appeared in malaysiakini related to my original letter entitled 'Don't push PM into Washington's hands'. Some of these comments demand a response.

PAK LAH'S 100 DAYS After 100 days in office, the prime minister's agenda for change is very much the agenda of one man guided by some good values. Indeed, he faces three major obstacles.

There is merit in former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad's 'world corporate tax' proposal, but the reality is that those who dominate the global economy will not, of their own volition, help to alleviate the sufferings of the poor.

By demonising even sane voices in the Palestinian struggle, the Zionists, who are losing support, hope to strip the movement of any moral legitimacy. This must be challenged, not with diatribes but intelligent and reasoned responses.

As I write this letter, my mind goes back to 1976, a few weeks after the late Hussein Onn became the third prime minister of our beloved land in the wake of the untimely demise of Abdul Razak Hussein.

The former Keadilan deputy president responds to the reactions to his criticism of ex-deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim's pro-IMF prescriptions during the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis.