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14 Jul 2009, 12:43 am
In Malaysia, where causing religious disharmony can be prosecuted as a crime, police are investigating two Muslim men who attended a Roman Catholic mass as part of an investigative article published in the Malay-language Al-Islam magazine. [read post]
28 Dec 2008, 3:03 am
The Australian writes:One group of critics has commissioned computer experts with specialised anti-plagiarism software to scour Darwin's book, published in 1859, for similarities to a paper released the year before by Alfred Russel Wallace, a naturalist who worked for eight years in what he termed the Malay Archipelago - primarily Indonesia and Malaysia.Initial indications are that the analysis will show some of the most important ideas in On the Origin of Species were taken from… [read post]
19 Jul 2011, 4:05 am
According to the Malay Mail, an appeals court in Malaysia yesterday rejected a claim that the protection in Art. 11(1) of the Malaysian Constitution allowing every person the right to profess and practice his religion precludes prosecution of a follower of Ayah Pin for apostasy by a Syariah court. [read post]
6 Mar 2018, 4:10 am
Leaving Islam is unthinkable for most ethnic Malays who believe to be Malay is to be Muslim. [read post]
9 Jan 2013, 4:20 am
In late 2009, a Malaysian court held that the Constitution protected the right of a Catholic newspaper to use the word "Allah" in its Malay-language edition. [read post]
5 May 2008, 3:18 am
[JURIST] The Malaysian High Court Monday accepted a challenge by Malay-Roman Catholic Herald [media website] newspaper to a government ban on using the word "Allah" as a synonym for "God," rejecting the government's argument that the lawsuit by the Kuala Lumpur-based weekly was without merit. [read post]
4 Nov 2014, 3:35 am
Today's New York Times carries an interesting overview of the conflict in Malaysia regarding non-Muslims speaking or writing in the Malay language using the word "Allah" to mean "God. [read post]
21 Jul 2008, 12:34 pm
[JURIST] The Malaysian government will table a bill at the August parliamentary session that would require criminal suspects to submit to DNA testing, according to a Monday report in the newspaper Nanyang Siang Pau [media website, in Malay]. [read post]
7 Mar 2013, 4:56 pm
Finally, proto-Malays arrived from south China and north Indochina...." [read post]
24 Nov 2008, 10:33 am
[JURIST] A Malaysian labor activist jailed for alleging police brutality against illegal immigrants in detention was acquitted by the Kuala Lumpur High Court [Malaysia courts website, partially in Malay] on Monday. [read post]
6 Jan 2010, 11:15 am
" The decision came after the Malaysian Home Ministry [official website, in Malay] sought a stay Tuesday. [read post]
5 Jun 2013, 9:26 am
Under Settings > Language, just between Korean and Malay, you'll find this curious designation: Lolcat - LOLCATZ (beta)." [read post]
13 Apr 2017, 11:52 am
Malaysia's Sepang court [official website, in Malay] on Thursday postponed until May proceedings against two women accused of killing Kim Jong Nam [Telegraph profile].The hearing [Bangkok Post report] was scheduled by request of the prosecutor to determine if the women would be tried jointly and in an attempt to move the case to a higher court. [read post]
28 Feb 2017, 11:21 am
" The revisions do not change [Malay Mail Online report] the minimum marriage age requirements set in 1929. [read post]
10 Apr 2015, 12:00 pm
[JURIST] The Parliament of Malaysia [official website, in Malay] on Friday announced a change to the country's sedition law, which will strengthen government intervention upon seditious activity. [read post]
26 Oct 2014, 7:37 am
" The 2004 attacks [HRW backgrounder] occurred during a protest by ethnic Malay Muslims when police shot... [read post]
22 Jan 2015, 8:02 am
The ruling [Malay Mail report] is based on the 1988 Supreme Court case, Che Omar Che Soh. [read post]
17 Aug 2013, 7:02 pm
Malay Mail reports today that in Malaysia, the Home Ministry has summarily stripped a resort owner from Singapore of his permanent residence status in Malaysia for allowing the Muslim prayer room at his resort to be used for meditation by a group of Buddhist tourists. [read post]
4 Jan 2010, 9:44 am
[JURIST] The Malaysian Home Ministry [official website, in Malay] on Monday appealed last week's ruling [JURIST report] by the High Court that non-Muslims can use the word "Allah" as a translation for the word "God. [read post]
29 Oct 2014, 4:10 am
According to Malay Mail Online, the fatwa said in part:The Halloween celebration is clearly against the values of Shariah. [read post]
