Religion
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3.1KHow did Kedah get its name? The history is more complicated than you think
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533The govt Islamic fund with free holidays, 300kg of gold and a warning if you vote Harapan
In a week filled with news about GE14 and May 13’s anniversary, you might not have heard that yet another govt statutory body – the...
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702This Kedah orphanage is allegedly training its kids to act like ‘entrepreneurs’…. by begging?
Just recently, the Kedah state govt had reportedly requested for an orphanage to be shut down. It was reported that the orphanage centre, Pusat Jagaan Kanak-Kanak Cahaya...
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911Did Malaysia’s 10-year jail term set a world record for FB post punishments? We check.
You probably already know by now that a Malaysian got sentenced to more than 10 years in jail for insulting Islam and...
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1.4KPAS used to be in BN in the 70s?! Why did they split up in the first place?!
[UPDATE 8/3/2019]: This article was originally written back in Jan 2017, but has found a second life of sort, seeing that PAS...
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1.4KThis famous Penang deity said economy not good for 2019. But last year accurate or not?
CNY 2019 has come and passed, and (Chinese) new year means new you also laa. Some of us love the ol’ fortune...
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3235 dangerous bombshells Dr Mahathir dropped at Oxford last Friday
Sometime in 2015, we wrote an article about Dr Mahathir dropping bombshells errwhere in a session we attended during the ‘The Cooler Lumpur Festival:...
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1.9K35 fascinating things you didn’t know about Nik Aziz
[UPDATE: 10/01/19] This article was originally written when Nik Aziz Abdul Aziz Nik Mat passed away. But we’re re-posting this article since...
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633Here’s a guide to Tabung Haji for people who don’t know what it’s for
So some of you guys have probably seen or heard of it by now – Tabung Haji is currently in a crisis...
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814In 1950, there was a riot in Malaya because of… a 13-year old Dutch girl?
[This story was initially written in BM by our Soscili sisters. Read here] Some time back, there was a conversion case involving ex-spouses and...