A cross-post from the Malaysian Atheists Organisation. On the 17th of April 2012, the following article appeared in The Star: ALOR SETAR: Future fatwa issued by the Kedah mufti or Fatwa Committee cannot be challenged in court under an amendment to the Mufti and Fatwa (Kedah Darul Aman) Enactment 2008 passed by the Kedah State Assembly …
Monthly Archives: April 2012
BERSIH 3.0 Penang in Pictures
Yesterday was the first time I participated in a simultaneously legal and illegal assembly of people supporting a common cause which is electoral reform. Illegal because the federal government had already issued a ban on the gathering via all media outlets under their control, and legal because the Penang state government had given its approval …
BERSIH Police Car Incident
Early videos from Dataran Merdeka, presented without context. I am working on my own report for BERSIH 3.0 in Penang. It will be up when I finish choosing the photos. UPDATE: Additional related video, presented without context. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ara569Nh_U0 UPDATE 2: Another video of the incident. Looks to be the most complete so far.
Harvard Strikes a Blow Against Greedy Publishers
If you have had to do any form of research work in a university, you would have encountered that one or two vital papers that is unavailable for use because your university library does not subscribed to the journals they belong to. The reason is as everyone in the research community knows, journal publishers are …
BERSIH 3.0 in Penang.
This is the week to finally participate in a act of civil disobedience (because the current government disallows freedom of assembly unless they are racist or homophobic or show support for the current Barisan Nasional government through violence) and solidarity with the movement for a freer and fairer electoral system. As I am currently living …
Lisa’s Father
If you can decipher the lyrics without subtitles, this is a disturbing music video based on a comic written by Jesus promoter Jack Chick. If you do not want to feel particularly disgusted or negative right now, I suggest not clicking that link to the comic in question.
Effective Apology
The twist at the end of this apology for drawing a comic offending women, will, if there were any justice in the world, be the most effective apology for gender-based insults ever written. Now that’s an apology.



