PETALING JAYA: Ketua Pengarah Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia (Jakim), Datuk Wan Mohamad Sheikh Abdul Aziz hari ini berkata, cadangan mengadakan alternatif untuk penganut agama Islam yang mengamalkan yoga tidak boleh menjadi penghalang kepada Majlis Fatwa Kebangsaan membuat keputusan untuk mengharamkan amalan senaman tersebut.
“Fatwa akan dikeluarkan jika kajian yang dijalankan mendapati sesuatu perkara itu boleh menggugat [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) tidak bercadang mengadakan peralihan kuasa antara penasihat parti itu Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim dengan presidennya Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail pada kongres nasional tahunannya Sabtu ini.
Setiausaha Agung PKR, Datuk Salehuddin Hashim berkata, perkara itu tidak timbul meskipun Dr Wan Azizah telah melepaskan jawatannya sebagai Anggota Parlimen Permatang [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: Bekas Perdana Menteri Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad hari ini menggesa pihak tertentu supaya tidak menjadikan keputusan Majlis Fatwa Kebangsaan yang melarang umat Islam daripada mengamalkan yoga sebagai isu agama.
“Jika mereka (Majlis Fatwa Kebangsaan) percaya ianya salah, jadi ianya salah. Malanglah jika orang lain fikir keputusan itu mencela agama mereka.
“Ia sama lah seperti kita [...]

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UZXOK1YWmA 350 288]
Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin applied to the High Court Tuesday to have his defamation trial transferred from the Sessions Court back to the magistrates court.

LEE Chong Wei may have retained his World No 1 ranking after having reached the final of the China Open on Sunday but his inability to tame arch rival Lin Dan yet again needs serious attention.

Lin Dan was out of action since winning the Beijing Olympics in August but was still good enough to secure [...]

Lennon was voted Man-of-the-Match against Blackburn on Sunday.
LONDON: Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp has told Fabio Capello that Aaron Lennon deserves a chance to shine for England after the winger inspired his side’s 1-0 win over Blackburn.

Lennon was a constant problem for the Blackburn defence at White Hart Lane on Sunday and he set up [...]

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt holds his Athlete of the Year trophy after the IAAF World Athletic Gala in Monte Carlo on Sunday. — APpic

MONACO: Jamaica’s triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt claimed on Sunday that his astonishing feats were just down to hard work and not natural talent.

The 22-year-old, who smashed the 100 and [...]

Malaysian participants in a jubilant mood after their fine performance at the 7th Asean Skills Competition in Kuala Lumpur recently.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian participants at the 7th Asean Skills Competition (ASC), which was held here recently, showed what the Malaysia Boleh spirit was all about by grabbing six gold medals.

Malaysia and Thailand (which also received [...]

Kuala Lumpur, Tues:

A decision not to refer a Minister to the Rights and Privileges committee culminated in an opposition member being suspended from the House for two days.

Gobind Singh Deo (DAP-Puchong) was thrown out from the House after he told deputy speaker, Datuk Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar that he was being biased.
“He (Nazri) makes the [...]

DEWAN RAKYAT Nov 25, 2008:

In the Dewan Rakyat’s rites of passage, to be sacked from the House for the first time is a baptism of fire, particularly for a rookie MP goading to no end an already exasperated Deputy Speaker, but to get the boot a second time is not considered an aberration as much [...]