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I don’t understand why a civilised nation that practises democracy, has to keep offending a well-accepted worldwide religion and its worldwide followers and believers, just because some citizens do not agree with a religion’s belief. Worst still, this nation called Netherland doesn’t seem to learn from past mistakes.
Not very long time ago, a Danish cartoonist drew some caricatures of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), which was clearly insulting and humiliating the Prophet and Islam… sending Moslems around the world to the streets in protests. A Danish newspaper even re-printed the offending cartoons the next day. But did they learn anything?
Not …read more

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From Allah we come, and to Allah we return…. Takziah to fellow blogger Sheih of Kickdefella on the demise of his beloved mother. May Allah bless her soul and place her in Jannah.
Al-Fatihah.

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Blogging about Malaysian politic is not only tiring, but also makes you hungry. So I decided to go out and have something for dinner. After thinking it through, my family decided to try something new for us… Chinese style meals. But where to find a halal Chinese restaurant in Kuala Lumpur? Well not terribly hard I’d say… thanks to Google. A quick internet search shows there is one in Desa Petaling, which is not too far from our place. Zenith Restaurant is owned by Haslinda Sim Abdullah who became a Muslim 20 years ago (follow the link for more …read more

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Barely one month into power, the PAS-PKR-DAP coalition state governments had saved almost RM1 million. How?
1. New Penang Chief Minister, Lim Guang Eng refused to spend RM100K on the renovation of the CM official residence.
“Dia (Lim) jawab: ‘Susahlah, kalau nak pindah kena perbaiki. Terpaksa belanja sampai RM100 ribu. Takkan saya nak belanja duit rakyat sampai RM100 ribu untuk kepentingan saya’
Source: HarakahDaily

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By DERRICK VINESH
PENANG: No action will be taken against teachers who do not attend official functions organised by the new state government.
National Union of the Teaching Profession (NUTP) Penang branch Lim Ming Tzong @ Adam Alim Abdullah said teachers in Penang no longer needed to give explanation letters for failing to attend such functions.
He said the teachers were granted the “flexibility” since the state was no longer under the Barisan Nasional rule.
“A senior state Education Department official recently told school heads at a briefing that attendance was immaterial.
“But, those who plan to attend such functions are …read more

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Umno may postpone its party elections to next year in order to avoid “havoc”. said its information chief Muhammad Muhd Taib.
Speaking at a press conference in his office at the Rural and Regional Development Ministry today, Muhammad said that there was a big possibility that this is happening.
“We have received feedbacks from the party leaders of all states and they asked that the party elections be postponed to next year,” he said.
Source: Malaysiakini
How could you be sure that next year will not be havoc, Sir? Ohh… I hope you understand my question to you in English. Or should I repeat …read more

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The 12th Malaysian general election was indeed interesting. It marked the rise of the people’s power and their quest for freedom. One of the freedoms Malaysians are really hungry for is the freedom of expression, physical or otherwise. Internet, naturally, has become the medium where the freedom of expression has been actively pursued by a growing number of Malaysian citizens. Thanks to the internet, blogosphere and alternative online news portal such as Malaysiakini, Malaysia Today, Malaysiakita, KL Pos, HarakahDaily, just to name a few, the political scenes in Malaysia had been changed, forever… I hope.
I scoured the Malaysian political …read more

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RUKUNEGARA
MALAY VERSION
BAHAWASANYA NEGARA KITA MALAYSIA mendukung cita-cita hendak :
mencapai perpaduan yang lebih erat di kalangan seluruh masyarakatnya ;
memelihara satu cara hidup demokratik ;
mencipta satu masyarakat adil di mana kemakmuran Negara akan dapat dinikmati bersama secara adil dan saksama ;
menjamin satu cara liberal terhadap tradisi-tradisi kebudayaannya yang kaya dan berbagai corak ; dan
membina satu masyarakat progresif yang akan menggunakan sains dan teknologi moden.
MAKA KAMI, rakyat Malaysia, berikrar akan menumpukan seluruh tenaga dan usaha kami untuk mencapai cita-cita tersebut berdasarkan atas prinsip-prinsip yang berikut :
KEPERCAYAAN KEPADA TUHAN
KESETIAAN KEPADA RAJA DAN NEGARA
KELUHURAN PERLEMBAGAAN
KEDAULATAN UNDANG-UNDANG
KESOPANAN DAN KESUSILAAN

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Felipe Massa may be starting in the pole position today at Sepang International Circuit, but my gut feeling is telling me that Fernando Alonso will once again be crowned as the champion at the Kuala Lumpur’s leg of the famous Formula 1 race. He won at Sepang last year for Mc Laren, but this year Fernando Alonso will be lucratively driving for Renault. He is humble enough to play down his chance in this year’s race but I think Alonso will be one of the podium winners, if not the champion. Just like in previous years, I will be watching …read more

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After days of uncertainty, the Terengganu palace today announced that Kijal state assemblyperson Ahmad Said has been appointed the new menteri besar of the state. He would be replacing the prime minister-backed Idris Jusoh.
The office of the Sultan of Terengganu said that the swearing-in ceremony will take place tomorrow morning at Istana Tamu in Kuala Terengganu. Terengganu is the only state left without a menteri besar after the March 8 polls.
And in an immediate reaction, all 22 BN state assemblypersons who backed Jertih state representative and incumbent menteri besar Idris (photo) are believed to be toying with the idea of …read more

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