Month: December 2013

Merdeka Center reported on 22December 2013 that Prime Minister Najib’s approval rating of 52% is an all-time low compared to the 65% when he launched the New Economic Model (“NEM”). The NEM was a response to Anwar Ibrahim’s New Economic Agenda replacing affirmative action based on race with one based on needs. After two pre-election… Continue reading Everybody wants to change Malaysia, nobody wants to change himself

  Introduction by CPI As Umno, PAS and other stake players push the country’s Muslim communities down the slippery road of narrow-minded Sunni religious correctness, it is increasingly difficult to remain optimistic for the open­mindedness and tolerance which has characterized Islam for much of the country’s history. Yet remain hopeful we must. Not just because… Continue reading Where will mandating strict Sunni religious correctness lead Malaysia?