Category: Politics

  • Why PAS needs more Dr Dzuls?

    It is rather surprising that the Western media started to call Ennahda party in Tunisia as a โ€˜moderate Islamist partyโ€™. The same label has been used to describe the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, to differentiate them from the โ€˜radicalโ€™ Salafi parties. It was not the case a couple of years ago and unimaginable by many…

  • My son and the hope for a Better Malaysia

    My son and the hope for a Better Malaysia

    Perhaps it was by the stroke of fate that I became a father two weeks earlier than expected. My son, Mu’awiyah Rayyan Nieshaem, was born on the 12th of October 2011 at around 5.45pm and from that point of time onward, I shoulder the additional responsibility of the care and well-being of my offspring, which…

  • My father, reality shows and Islam in Malaysia

    I have always shown a keen interest in Malaysian politics ever since I was ten. As far as I am concerned, someone who is not interested in or has apathy towards the Malaysian political situation is simply being unpatriotic to the highest degree, which is unthinkable to me. Patriotism towards the country, however, is not…