'Hidden hands' steering our path

Some claim these unseen hands operate through us being a democratic nation, where we get to vote our leaders into power and also have a say in what we want for our country. LET me first wish everyone Selamat Hari Raya, maaf zahir batin. This Ramadan has been a particularly sad one with the MH17 tragedy, especially...

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Heartening lessons from Japan

While there are bigots there too, they are seen as mostly cranks and don’t get much airplay in the media. SOMETIMES you need distance to have some perspective. I was just in Tokyo again to speak at a women’s conference. One night I had the opportunity to have dinner with some 80 Malaysians living, studying...

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We've got walking time-bombs

Our concern should make us look at the state of our young men today, particularly the Muslim men at the bottom of the social scale. SO we finally stepped over the line. When the first Malaysian suicide bomber died in Syria, we finally put to rest the idea that Malaysian Muslims would never do this. For so long,...

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