May 19th
KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 — The government will not allow any events involving Irshad Manji, a lesbian writer who has stirred up controversy during her visit here to promote her book on Islam, Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom said this morning. The Islamic affairs minister has insisted that the Islamic Development Department (Jakim) and home ministry will …
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May 19th
KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 — The government will not allow any events involving Irshad Manji, a lesbian writer who has stirred up controversy during her visit here to promote her book on Islam, Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom said this morning. The Islamic affairs minister has insisted that the Islamic Development Department (Jakim) and home ministry will ..
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May 19th
KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 — Chinese education movement Dong Zong or the United Chinese School Committees Association created another stir with a recent announcement that it is pulling out of the roundtable meetings of the Education Ministry’s special committee to address the shortage of Chinese school teachers. Early this year, the movement had created …
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May 19th
KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 — Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat will sue the New Straits Times, former police chief Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Noor and three others next week over the Umno-controlled newspaper’s May 8 report labelling the PAS spiritual leader as the “father of kafir (infidels).” The party organ Harakah quoted Kelantan PAS’ legal and human rights …
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May 18th
KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 — Loss-making Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has ended its multi-million ringgit shirt sponsorship deal with Queens Park Rangers, the English Premier League club owned by their former director Tan Sri Anthony Fernandes. The reported RM18 million deal was initially set to last for two years after the flag carrier and AirAsia became …
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May 18th
NEW YORK, May 18 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak departed for Washington D.C. from the Westchester County Airport here after a working visit to New York since Wednesday
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May 18th
KUALA LUMPUR, May 18 — Results of the National Key Result Area (NKRA) of improving urban public transport have been promising as more people are taking the bus as their mode of transport, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak. At the end of last year, he said the number of people who rode on buses increased to four million, and increased over …
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May 18th
KUALA LUMPUR, May 18 — The police believe that a man suspected to be the mastermind behind the kidnapping of Dutch national Nayati Shamelin Moodliar, will return to Malaysia soon.
More here: Police: Nayati kidnap mastermind an ‘amateur’, returning soon