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November 2007

combating AIDS through religion

tomorrow is world AIDS day. don’t forget to wear a red ribbon in support of the day and in solidarity with people living with HIV/AIDS (acronym to PLWHA). the theme for this year’s world AUDS day is ‘stop AIDS, keep the promise – leadership’. with that in mind, on 25 …

thanks for speaking up, dr toh!

the outspoken one of the few BN exco i admired, dr toh kin woon (picture) had spoken out (or as malaysiakini put in ‘broke rank’) regarding mass protests on the street. he wrote a letter to malaysiakini which has the heading boldly proclaim ‘i disagree with the country’s leaders‘. dr …

UMNO gansterism at work?

this brawl (what near brawl, star? it was a brawl!) happened at the kelantan state assembly. nozula mat diah, from BN paloh kicking at mohd zaki ibrahim of PAS during the Q&A session. apparently he had been restrained… otherwise i shuddered to think what would have happened further. wallop mohd …

IGP, musa hassan, you are a liar!

in the star report: Musa said no tear gas or water cannons were used at the demonstrators during the incident. really? then pray tell me, what does these pictures show? clear as can be! first picture show police lining up and firing tear gas! then second picture shows the police …

the hindraf rally

UPDATED! video from al-jazeera (scroll down right to the end) ok obligatory post! however, as usual, since many had already blog on it, i will provide some links here and there. so once again (as in the bersih rally)… a rally was denied permit; once again, the organisers went ahead …

“demolish the statues and destroy the crosses”

no, this doesn’t come from the taliban country, afghanistan or saudi arabia. this comes from our very own country. who said it? an MP for parit sulong.where? at the circus house parliament.when? 29 oct. 2007statues/crosses from where? mission schools.why he said it? ISLAMISATION in the making!! i’m not making this …

rape victim sentenced to jail

yep, you read me right. rape victim sentenced, not the rapist. not only she had been sentenced to jail for six months but she will received 200 lashes too. where is this happening? well you might have guessed it – saudi arabia. yep, this is justice the arab’s style – …