I was surprised reading this article, not that because it was written by a Malay Muslim but by its poor reasoning and lack of grip to the issue. Actually, this kind of reasoning is nothing new, if you joined a closed FB group full of Islamophobes like GE-Global, you’ll find this argument repeated everywhere. Hafidz […]
Refuting Hafidz Baharom’s article in Malaysiakini: On Israel and Malaysian hypocrisy
I was surprised reading this article, not that because it was written by a Malay Muslim but by its poor reasoning and lack of grip […]
Sidang Media MJIIT, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia berkaitan Isu Yuran Melampau
Seramai 50 mahasiswa/i telah melakukan sidang media untuk mendedahkan yuran tambahan yang menindas di bawah fakulti Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology di Universiti Teknologi […]
Environmental impact of shipping
Introduction More than 90% of global trade is done with ships. Marine transportation still has a steady growth rate of 4% p.a. This lead to […]
Mendemokrasikan intelektualisme
“Apabila berfikir menjadi suatu jenayah, Hanya perlu mengambil tafsiran cendiakawan berjubah, Ia suatu yang haram bagi awam, Lalu keilmuan pun tenggelam karam. Apabila mimpi […]
Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media – Book Review
This book discussed the double-standard of U.S. foreign policies and the mass media who helped control public perception so that these policies can continue unimpeded. […]
‘Athirah’: Dilema Seorang Isteri
sumber foto : Jakarta Globe IMDB Rating : 7.6/10 Author Rating: 9/10 Sejujurnya jiwa saya tersentuh dengan lakonan Cut Mini Theo sebagai “Bu Mus” di […]
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Inisiatif Ekonomi Rakyat 2019
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Sang penguasa yang jatuh dari takhta
Sejarah adalah kumpulan cerita berkenaan dengan peristiwa dan manusia di masa lalu. Howard Zinn berkata bahawa orang yang tidak mempelajari sejarah umpama anak kecil, yang tidak mempunyai pengalaman lampau. Dia mudah diperdaya oleh orang lain. Dalam susur galur sejarah kita membaca bagaimana pemimpin-pemimpin megah jatuh dari takhta kuasa. Kuasa yang dipegang seolah-olah kebal akhirnya runtuh […]
Edisi Posmen : Surat Untuk YB Maszlee
Kehadapan YB yang dikasihi, Semoga YB dalam keadaan waras dan sihat hendaknya. Pertama sekali saya nak meluahkan rasa simpati kepada YB kerana lately ni YB sering menjadi bualan orang ramai. Sejujurnya saya nampak benar keikhlasan YB dalam membentuk masyarakat Malaysia Baharu ni. Kadang-kadang bila YB cemas dan mati akal bila dihujani soalan-soalan cepumas dari wartawan-wartawan […]
Masalah kalau bagi budak jadi menteri
Oleh: Abdul Rahim Hilmi Zakariya Lim Teong Kim merupakan Pengarah NFDP (Program Pembangunan Bola Sepak Kebangsaan). Dia bukan pengurus skuad B-16 negara sahaja. NFDP ini melatih akar umbi bermula dari skuad B-12 sehingga skuad B-17. Jika hendak mengukur kejayaan LTK ini, kita perlu lihat kemajuan semua pasukan yang berada di bawah program NFDP. Contohnya skuad […]
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Mendemokrasikan intelektualisme
“Apabila berfikir menjadi suatu jenayah, Hanya perlu mengambil tafsiran cendiakawan berjubah, Ia suatu yang haram bagi awam, Lalu keilmuan pun tenggelam karam. Apabila mimpi digari, Kemajuan apa yang boleh di cari, Apabila idea dipenjara, Bangsa mati penuh sengsara.” Puisi ini boleh di dapati di kulit belakang buku saya, namun tulisan ini bukanlah untuk tujuan […]
Masalah pada sistem demokrasi
Hari ini saya berpeluang berdiskusi dengan seorang rakan berkenaan dengan Malaysia dan polisi yang ada. Walaupun kami berbeza pendapat, kami dapat berbincang dengan rasional. Saya mendengar pandangannya dan saya kemukakan pendapat saya. Kami akhirnya setuju untuk tidak bersetuju antara satu sama lain. Antara yang kami bincangkan adalah masalah dalam sistem demokrasi. Ramai yang berpandangan […]
Malawan naratif apologis Maszlee
Saya ingin mulakan penulisan ini dengan satu quote yang sehingga hari ini masih terngiang-ngiang di minda saya. Ia merupakan petikan dari novel ‘The Kite Runner’ yang ditulis oleh Khaled Hosseini, seorang doktor dari Afghanistan. There is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft. When you […]
Ulasan: Cadangan caj tambahan untuk kenderaan dan perkhidmatan feri Pulau Pinang
Saya terpanggil untuk memberikan komen dan buah pandangan terhadap berita yang dilaporkan oleh Utusan Online semalam yang mana sebuah laporan bertajuk “Caj kenderaan berdaftar di luar P. Pinang elak kesesakan” telah di muat naik di portal tersebut. Jason Ong Khan Lee (PKR-Kebun Bunga) telah mencadangkan agar Kerajaan Negeri Pulau Pinang untuk mengenakan caj terhadap […]
Netizenism: Feeding the Monster
One of the fine book to understand how propaganda and social media works best was Ryan Holiday’s work through his book ‘Trust me I’m lying’. He brilliantly explained how publicist and propagandist used readers emotion such as anger and hate, to put forward their argument, swayed public opinion for their political purpose, and market their […]
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Sidang Media MJIIT, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia berkaitan Isu Yuran Melampau
Seramai 50 mahasiswa/i telah melakukan sidang media untuk mendedahkan yuran tambahan yang menindas di bawah fakulti Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology di Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Kuala Lumpur. UTM mengenakan yuran tambahan sehingga RM5,000 untuk sebuah semester berbanding RM700 yang dijanji surat tawaran UTM. Yuran tambahan menjadikan bayaran untuk 4 tahun sebanyak RM40,000 yang […]
The Iron Man of India
Picture 1 : India Times India has unveiled its mega statue of Sardar Patel – The tallest statue in the world as the symbol of its independence movement. The statue located at about 3.5 km downstream the Sardar Sarovar Dam near Rajpipla, 100 km southeast of the city Vadodara. The ceremony held in Wednesday, in […]
Lion Air crash in Indonesia
The tragedy of Lion Air JT 610 has been the headlines since Monday. The Boeing 737 with 189 people on board took off from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport at 06:20 local time and scheduled to arrive at Pangkal Pinang crashed into seas off Jakarta just after 13 minutes into flight. It was reported that the pilot had made a […]
Statement by UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi on World Refugee Day 2018
Geneva, 20 June 2018 – Today, World Refugee Day, is a time for solidarity with refugees – and with the communities that welcome them. As conflicts emerge, recur, persist and deepen, 68.5 million people are uprooted around the world. Nine out of ten are in their own countries or countries next door, and the impact […]
Malaysians protest Trump’s immigration ban
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 3 — Over 100 Malaysians demonstrated today against the temporary US immigration ban on citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries and refugees. The protest, which lasted for over an hour in front of the US Embassy here, was led by Opposition coalition Pakatan Harapan along with Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (PPBM), joined by […]
Book Review
Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media – Book Review
This book discussed the double-standard of U.S. foreign policies and the mass media who helped control public perception so that these policies can continue unimpeded. The propaganda propagated by U.S. media were discussed, the reasons for this phenomenon were given. Herman and Chomsky introduced a series of “filters” in their “propaganda model” which explain why […]
1948: The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
There are several competing narratives about the tragedy that befell Palestinians in 1948. The Palestinians regarded the event as ‘Nakba’ or catastrophe in English. The Israeli regarded it as their victory and the foundation of their modern state. Ilan Pappe, the Chair in History at the University of Exeter, UK, however, challenge these two narratives. […]
Brain Research: Understanding Young Mind
This book explored the minds of young people, how they operate and how we can harness them instead of suppressing them. Adults, Siegel observed, usually loved routine, predictable schedule, which do away with creative exploration and makes life boring, almost lifeless. This is very different from a young mind, adolescent, which always experimenting, and […]
Why America is losing in Iraq and Afghanistan
As Howard Zinn brilliantly puts it “you cannot be neutral on a moving train”. This book was written from the perspective of American’s interest on why they are losing their wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The short answer is that America doesn’t have a clear quantifiable objective. Now, let’s deplore the long answer as […]
Whose Bible Is It?
The Bible has many versions. We have King James Version, Revised Standard Version, New Revised Standard Version, Jerusalem Bible and a lot more others. Pelikan asked, what if a person want to buy the Bible, the whole Bible, and nothing but the Bible? Which one he should purchase. To answer this question, Pelikan brought […]