Focus on positive things we can do

The voiceless and powerless are further discriminated by divisive issues.SOMETIMES we need to look at our country from a long distance to truly see it as it is.I have been travelling for the past two weeks and while it is nice to totally switch off news from home, occasionally I can’t help it.Predictably enough...

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Fostering unity through fasting

FIRST of all, let me wish everyone a Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri, maaf zahir batin. This year, the idea of forgiveness seems more poignant than ever, given the rancorous Ramadan we just had. I don’t recall a month more full of anger and tension than this year’s fasting month, ironic given that it is...

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Staying happy together

We have to stop falling for ploys that divide us and resist by coming closer together to be more united. FROM age three until I was 15, I went to a Convent school in my hometown, Alor Setar. There, both nuns and lay teachers taught me and the few other Muslim girls in the school, perhaps four or five in...

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