Asean embraces a rogue regime while inking a Charter for Big Business

Asean embraces a rogue regime
while inking a Charter
for Big Business
 
anilnetto.com 
So the Asean leaders have signed a Charter in the wonderfully democratic nation of Singapore in the company of leaders from Burma’s rogue regime. (Check out this excellent documentary “Burma’s Secret War”.) Each member nation now has to take the Charter back to their [...]

The Judiciary

The Judiciary
by Tommy Thomas
The Court’s first duty is to stand between citizen and State; a citizen aggrieved with any decision of the State should be able to turn to an independent judiciary for justice.  
“The guarantee afforded by the Constitution is the supremacy of the law and the power and duty of the Courts to [...]

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Redundant Rela

Redundant Rela
Rela’s reported move (New Straits Times, 26 June 2007) to push for a law to legitimise itself and its operations has triggered alarm bells for human rights in Malaysia.
 
Rela, which has become internationally notorious for its indiscipline and human rights abuse against defenceless migrants and refugees, is now seeking to legitimise itself by proposing [...]

Rohingya refugees’ dilemma remains unsolved

Rohingya refugees’ dilemma
remains unsolved
There will be nothing for Rohingya refugees to celebrate this year on World Refugees Day. Their hope of obtaining temporary settlement in Malaysia under the IMM13 special pass was squelched by the government about a year ago.
It had taken the government nearly four years to implement the positive measure to [...]

Hurriedly fulfilling our duties

Hurriedly fulfilling our duties
I got a forwarding  e-mail written by the anonymous writer_
I knelt to pray but not for long,
I had too much to do.
I had to hurry and get to work
For bills would soon be due.
So I knelt and said a hurried prayer,
And jumped up off my knees.
My Muslim duty was now done
My soul [...]

Absolute power corrupts absolutely

 absolute power corrupts absolutely

Truism of the maxim by British historian, Lord Acton –  
‘Power tends to corrupt
and absolute power corrupts absolutely’.

Without real and meaningful check-and-balance for such overbearing power,  
“Things can go wrong, very quickly, dangerously, catastrophically and on a mega-scale,
when it is corrupted into unbridled arrogance of power”.  “I believe that the country [...]

Handbook for bloggers and cyber-dissidents (Reporters w/o Borders)

Handbook for bloggers and cyber-dissidents

Do something good by creating your blog with us

Blogs get people excited. Or else they disturb and worry them. Some people distrust them. Others see them as the vanguard of a new information revolution. Because they allow and encourage ordinary people to speak up, they’re tremendous tools of freedom of [...]

Exploiting Human Beings…A Global Disease?

Exploiting Human Beings…
A Global Disease?
Not too long ago, at one corner of the Lucky Gardens roundabout, a ship container was suddenly placed there. At about the same time, large pipes appeared in the roundabout itself indicating some work needed to be done there.

The container, it turned out, was meant to house workers. In full view [...]

Universal mercy or loving kindness

  Loving kindness and peace
  
From Universal justice,
Muslim and Non-Muslim Relations
By Jamal Badawi, PhD
The essence of Islam is summed up in the following verse:
And (thus, O Muhammad), We have not sent you, but as mercy to all the worlds.
(Al-Anbiyaa’ 21:107)
The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) explained that mercy is not [...]

Justice in Islam

Justice in Islam
 
From Universal justice,
Muslim and Non-Muslim Relations
By Jamal Badawi, PhD

The Arabic term for justice is_
adl, meaning “to be in a state of equilibrium, to be balanced.”
That balance is inherent in the cosmic order and ecology as much as it is inherent in spiritual and ethical values. The Qur’an warns against disturbing [...]

Myanmar/Burmese Muslims under SPDC

Myanmar/Burmese Muslims
under SPDC
Muslims are ordered by Islam to be loyal to the nation and country they lived in even if the government is a non-Muslim ruler.
But if the ruler is very cruel, discriminate and commit tyranny and atrocities on Muslims, we are allowed to fight back a Holy war.

If we are weak we [...]

Power of the powerless

 Power of the powerless
Muslims in Myanmar(Burma) must struggle to get the ‘Power of the powerless instead of armed struggle. 
All kinds of violence, means more risks and less chance of success. 
As we are a minority only, we have to sacrifice a lot without any hope at all.
Instead of aiming to get the top executive [...]

Common virtues of Buddhism and Islam

 Common virtues of
Buddhism and Islam
 We must cultivate mutual respect, trust and understanding among all the religions.

We must search, point out, and promote the common virtues and good points from our various religions.

We must ignore the controversial, potential igniting differences in various religions.

Actually, non of us can easily prove that the other religions are totally [...]