LUMPUR, Feb 21 (Bernama) -- Islamic studies should not only focus on fiqh (Islamic understanding, comprehension, knowledge and jurisprudence) but should also encompass other fields, including science and economics, said former prime minister Tun...

LUMPUR (Feb 21, 2012): Barisan Nasional (BN) is capable of a significant victory in the 13th general election in comparison to the previous one in 2008, according to former prime minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. He stressed however that the efforts...

LUMPUR: Debates "are not something that decide the election," says Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. "A debate doesn't solve problems. What is more important is that the government is able to contribute to the people through implementation of programmes," he...

LUMPUR, Feb 21 — Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi dismissed today the suggested debate between Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and political foe Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, saying debates are not the solution to every problem. The former prime minister...

Separately, Najib had said that “a vote for PAS is a vote for DAP” that would result in a country that was anti-Malay, anti-Islam and anti-Malay Rulers. Lim has been eviscerating Najib’s 1 Malaysia slogan since the PM introduced it in 2009, after he...

Nasional. The details of these abuses have been discussed ad nausem for too long a time but the accounting of it all is still to come. For now we still wait but the time has now come for this and other abuses by Mahathir to be accounted for. Najib lacks...

Secrets Act (OSA), the Printing Presses and Publications Act (PPPA) and other legislations it has enacted to ensure that it remains rich and in power. This is the way our country has been governed for the most part in the last 20 over years under former...

Mustapha Ong, the person who is advising Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak on his corporate moves and has been doing so even back in the days when Najib was still just the Deputy Prime Minister. Omar Mustapha Ong is a member of Khairy Jamaluddin’s ‘Fourth...

SAPP had tried to use a revolt against former prime minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to call for the overthrow of the BN, but the move fizzled and hastened Najib’s ascendance to power. Many believe it will be smooth-sailing for the BN again in Sabah. On...

“If the PM does not observe this, there will be interference. It happened during Tun Dr Mahathir’s tenure, the CJ was sacked and so were a few judges. “But when Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi became PM, the government decided to give ex-gratia payment to...

“The prime ministers who preceded Dr Mahathir did not intervene in the judicial system. And after his tenure, his successors (Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Datuk Seri Najib Razak) did not intervene either. “Dr Mahathir was involved in almost every...

ALAM: Sacked PAS leader Datuk Dr Hasan Ali has been actively sabotaging Pakatan Rakyat as he wanted to become Selangor mentri besar, alleges Shah Alam MP Khalid Samad. Khalid, who is also Selangor PAS deputy commissioner, said former prime minister Tun...

From his time in Abim until today DSAI has lived his life adjusting to circumstances of his own making because of choices he has made with his life. And these choices had one common denominator – one vested interest – HIMSELF – he left ABIM because he...

From his time in Abim until today DSAI has lived his life adjusting to circumstances of his own making because of choices he has made with his life. And these choices had one common denominator – one vested interest – HIMSELF – he left ABIM because he...

The Selangor PAS deputy commissioner said Hasan had arranged a meeting between PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang and former Prime Minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and former Selangor MB Dr Mohd Khir Toyo just after the 2008 general election. ...

STAR) - Sacked PAS leader Datuk Dr Hasan Ali had actively sabotaged Pakatan Rakyat as he wanted to be Selangor Mentri Besar, alleged Shah Alam MP Khalid Samad. He claimed then Prime Minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi had agreed to appoint Dr Hasan as...

At that moment, I knew Umno was kissing goodbye to its non-Malay support. (For reference, see the first part of this article here.) Indeed, on hindsight, it was the pivotal moment of the decade: Umno had turned to the right permanently while the...

Many if not all of the names that appear on the Forbes list are regarded as cronies of past prime ministers Dr Mahathir Mohamad, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and the present Prime Minister Najib Razak, and are widely perceived as owing their considerable...

Its amazing how more than half of the reader comments here have nothing to do with the article Why bother about Israel, Jews and Palestinians? Hello jaga rumah sendiri lah! Don't get sidetracked by the mamaks! Get rid of the Tamils and Malayalees who...