KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The court said that the state could not make Islamic laws on those topics because they are covered by Malaysian federal law. KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s top ...

(The Conversation) — Religion and nationalism were once ideologies at odds. Now, they are increasingly bedfellows, with populism often the glue. (The Conversation) — I hadn’t expected my book tour in ...

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said his country cannot be “in denial” about its educational system. The programme ...

On May 26, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim sat alongside Dr. Ali Gomaa, the former grand mufti of Egypt, and Habib Umar Bin Hafiz, founder and dean of the Dar al-Mustafa seminary in Tarim, ...

The implementation of punitive measures against Israel and allocations for religious schools in 2025 are among key matters to ...

ARTICLE 19 warns that the introduction of penalties may lead to arbitrary restrictions on the freedom of expression. This statement was originally published on article19.org on 13 July 2023. Today, on ...

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Mohd Na’im Mokhtar has urged all members of the Shariah ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A Malaysian shoe company has apologized and stopped selling some of its footwear after some Muslims said the logo resembled the Arabic writing for the word God. Vern’s ...

As Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim approaches the midpoint of his second year in office, he finds his work cut out for him. The national currency, the ringgit, was one of Asia’s ...

Wee Meng Chee, a well-known Malaysian rapper and filmmaker, has been detained in connection with the murder of Taiwanese ...

I hadn’t expected my book tour in Malaysia to end with a confrontation with men who identified themselves as police in a Kuala Lumpur airport. I arrived in the Muslim-majority country in early January ...