Category Archives: Religion

SG4 Group: PAS Bid to Consolidate Bargaining Power?

Posted on October 4, 2024 by Tricia

This was first published on Fulcrum here, on 2 October 2024. A new move by four PAS-controlled states to form a joint company is brilliant if seen from the lens of political consolidation. Four Malaysian states – Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis … Continue reading →

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Integration the world over

Posted on March 20, 2017 by Tricia

First published in theSun on 16 March 2017, here. IN August 2015, I visited France at a time when the Syrian refugee crisis was just unfolding, causing much uncertainty and consternation. The discussions I had with academics and policy analysts … Continue reading →

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Minorities in an age of distrust

Posted on October 6, 2015 by Tricia

(First published in theSun newspaper on 1 October 2015, here). OVER the last week I spent in Paris under invitation of the French Foreign Ministry, almost every academic and official I met raised the refugee crisis and migration as the … Continue reading →

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Taking back liberal

Posted on July 10, 2015 by Tricia

(first published in theSun on Thursday, 9 July 2015, here) AT an IDEAS public forum last weekend on whether or not Malaysia is ready for a liberal political party, it was evident that all three of the panel speakers acknowledged … Continue reading →

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Seeking religious shelter

Posted on May 2, 2015 by Tricia

Seeking religious shelter This was first published in theSun here, on 30 April 2015. OVER the weekend, I travelled to Kuala Krai in Kelantan, one of the worst hit areas during the December floods. Five months later, many families are still … Continue reading →

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Where values begin

Posted on January 10, 2015 by Tricia

(First published in theSun on 8 January 2015, here). FOR all of our technical analysis of how to improve such-and-such a public policy, the most current of which being the deforestation decisions that may have contributed largely to the flood disaster, … Continue reading →

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Moderates break their silence

Posted on December 14, 2014 by Tricia

(First published in theSun on 12 December 2014, here). ABOLISHING the Sedition Act would not quite result in madness and mayhem, as some would have us believe, but in the likes of towering Malaysians standing up against supremacist NGOs. Earlier this … Continue reading →

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The PAS conundrum – or is it really?

Posted on December 22, 2012 by Tricia

The PAS conundrum – or is it really? (From Selangor Times, 28th December 2012) At a recent policy dinner at St. Mike’s, a cozy Ipoh restaurant, I spoke of civil society, reform issues and my experience of having worked at … Continue reading →

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That Religious Issue: Faith, Space and Justice

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Tricia

Religion just keeps coming back to haunt us. This time, it was Hasan Ali (yes, the former Selangor EXCO) who went on a warcry on supposed conversion of Muslims. This was published in Selangor Times in April 2012. That Religious … Continue reading →

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Movement of Moderates: Global or Malaysian?

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Tricia

Our government tends to take a hypocritical approach to being moderate, taking one stance outside the country, and another one inside it. A version of this was published in theSun on the 27th of January 2012. M ovement of Moderates: … Continue reading →

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