Reclaim Our Religion

By Mariam Mokhtar, Malaysia Chronicle


It is about time responsible Muslims spoke out openly to stop the hypocrisy in our society and reclaim both the religion and streets from barbaric people whose only aim is to create hatred towards non-muslims.


Serdang MP Teo Nie Ching received a death threat yesterday and a dead chicken was left at the entrance to her office.

Let’s learn from the bad experiences with ‘first ladies.’

By Daniel John Jambun, columnist of Borneo Post

AS if Malaysia doesn’t have enough problems already, here we have another one with the wife of the Prime Minister, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansur, who insists on being called the country’s “First Lady of Malaysia.” The first problem is everyone knows that the real first lady in the country is the Permaisuri Agong, not the Prime Minister’s wife. The second problem is that Rosmah has taken on the title and created it into a position with administrative powers and functions at

Strange Number in 2011 ?

Dear readers of Borneo Herald,

This year we see four unusual dates, 1/1/11, 1/11/11,11/1/11, and 11/11/11.

Sabah’s defeatist mentality biggest hurdle

Luke Rintod of FMT

KOTA KINABALU: Sabahans’ defeatist mentality is the single biggest challenge to bringing change in the state.

Former chief minister Yong Teck Lee sees Sabahans facing a bleak future where they will continue to be mistreated under unfair federal policies because of this ingrained “Sabah mentality”.

US diplomat writes about the price of Malaysia’s racism

By John R. Mallot, US Ambassador to Malaysia, 1995-1998

FEB 8 — Malaysia’s national tourism agency promotes the country as “a bubbling, bustling melting pot of races and religions where Malays, Indians, Chinese and many other ethnic groups live together in peace and harmony.” Prime Minister Najib Razak echoed this view when he announced his government’s theme, 1 Malaysia. “What makes Malaysia unique,”