Category Archives: On the Beat

Malaysian raise the Jalur Gemilang during the Amanat Merdeka deliver by Datuk Seri Najib Razak at MATIC..– M. Azhar Arif/The Star TODAY is our National Day. I wish I could say that I woke up early to wave the Jalur […] Continue Reading

Islamic State militants have carried out their massacres in the name of Islam but all of us know that this is not Islam. PURE evil is the best description of the Islamic State militants, who previously called themselves followers of […] Continue Reading

As much as Malaysians want to express their displeasure against Israel, they should not end up being bullies. IT won’t be wrong to call it a sledgehammer treatment. A Form Five student in Penang, who allegedly posted a “like” on […] Continue Reading

A Malaysian man waves a Palestine flag during a protest in front of a McDonald's outlet. -EPA THE easiest way to strike Israel is simply to boycott products produced by the pariah state that it exports directly or indirectly via […] Continue Reading

Students casting their votes electronically during campus election at UPM, Serdang. – Filepic Some right-wingers have gone to ridiculous lengths to promote their narrow-minded views. IT used to be fairly simple. As a student at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in the […] Continue Reading

The voices of moderation, rationality and tolerance deserve to be heard louder. Road bully Siti Fairrah Ashykin Kamaruddin, better known as Kiki, must be happy that her case has been settled before Raya. She has been fined RM5,000 and ordered […] Continue Reading

The MH17 tragedy has brought back some common sense to us, reminding us that as a country and as a people, we all share many things together – the joys and the pains – regardless of our race and religion. […] Continue Reading

Instilling love for country: Pupils reciting the Rukun Negara (constitution) during the school’s National Day celebration. – filepic In Malaysia, the ghost of May 13 remains unburied. It is used as a threat even by some recent groups whose handful […] Continue Reading

It was a procession steeped in tradition and engulfed in religious solemnity as thousands of pilgrims and devotees as well as non-Christians converged at Malacca St. Peter's Church to partake in a Good Friday candlelight procession.-File picture HERE we go […] Continue Reading

‘The Herald’ editor Rev Lawrence Andrew speaking to the media outside the court in Putrajaya. – filepic What’s in a name? Well, in Malaysia, it is a big issue and, as events have shown, there are no winners even if […] Continue Reading