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Malaysia has blocked a controversial blo …

Fatemeh — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 05:54:11 +0000

Malaysia has blocked a controversial blog, which is believed to be the first official crackdown on a local site.

thabet — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:10:06 +0000

Anwar Ibrahim swept into the Malaysia parliament this past week, putting himself in position to challenge the ruling party.

Ibrahim’s first act as opposition leader was to lead a walkout from the parliament admist a debate on taking DNA samples from criminal suspects.

thabet — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:55:01 +0000

Anwar Ibrahim, the Malaysian opposition leader, was released on bail after pleading not guilty in court to a charge of “sodomy”.

thabet — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:19:09 +0000

Malaysian police have released opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on bail after he was arrested over allegations of “sodomy”.

thabet — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 06:13:41 +0000

Malaysia and India announce plans to raise the price of fuel at the pumps.

aziz — Thu, 15 May 2008 14:55:14 +0000

Malaysia Matters is a new web site about news from Malaysia, described as “America’s unknown ally and its quiet friend.” They’re on Twitter, too.

Here’s what they had to say about the recent apostasy case. Very encouraging.

aziz — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:31:07 +0000

A Malaysian court has permitted a woman to renounce her conversion to Islam, in effect allowing apostasy.