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		<title>Waging a jihad for &#8216;Malay interests&#8217;?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aliran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 TA Online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harussani Zakaria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Islam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jihad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mufti]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Taking on Perak mufti Harussani Zakaria, Mustafa K Anuar points out that it is certain actions by Muslim politicians and bureaucrats &#8211; their involvement in corruption, for instance &#8211; that are actually smearing the image of Islam. Controversial Perak mufti Harussani Zakaria called on Muslims (possibly, in this context, only to be read as Malays) [...] ]]></description>
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		<title>In memoriam: Khoo Khay Jin</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:53:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Towering M'sians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Khoo Khay Jin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public intellectual]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[He had a deep and complex understanding of the human condition that made him rail at the meanness, injustice, and dishonesty towards the dispossessed, writes Khoo Boo Teik. It might seem strange and banal to say that perhaps I don’t truly know Khay Jin very well, despite having ‘known’ him for many years, let’s say, [...] ]]></description>
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		<title>A privilege to have travelled with you, Khay Jin</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:39:26 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[2012: 1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Towering M'sians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Khoo Khay Jin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Penan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public intellectual]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sarawak]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Francis Loh pays tribute to Aliran&#8217;s long-time friend and supporter, the scholar-activist Philip Khoo Khay Jin, who passed away in December 2011. So many friends showed up at the apartment on the night of 22 December 2011, as soon as they heard that Khay Jin had breathed his last. Many more then attended the wake [...] ]]></description>
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		<title>Suhakam has key role to play</title>
		<link>http://aliran.com/8130.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:38:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aliran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 Civil Society Voices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ecosoc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social and cultural rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[suhakam]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As the country faces relentless economic development, NGOs and Suhakam have a pivotal role to play in ensuring that the rights of the people are not neglected and the negative impact of development is minimised, writes Jerald Joseph. Background Suhakam has had to contend with a more vibrant society that is now more conscious and [...] ]]></description>
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		<title>PM must debate with PM-in-waiting</title>
		<link>http://aliran.com/8227.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 02:49:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aliran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 TA Online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anwar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[najib]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prime minister]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With the just concluded political debate between MCA president Datuk Seri Chua Soi Lek and DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng, we have crossed the Rubicon. There is no turning back from this kind of debate in the future. Malaysians will look forward to such debates so that political parties can be consistent in their policies [...] ]]></description>
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		<title>Penang Hospital earns fish market tag</title>
		<link>http://aliran.com/8115.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 02:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aliran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 Web Specials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[general hospital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Penang]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Overcrowded and under-funded general hospitals like the Penang Hospital are finding it difficult to cope with the crowds, writes Susan Loone of Malaysiakini. There is a running joke among patients that the Orthopaedic clinic in the Penang General Hospital (GH) is akin to a fish market. The wisecrack, however, applies to other clinics in the [...] ]]></description>
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		<title>Asset disclosures: What&#8217;s your problem, Nazri?</title>
		<link>http://aliran.com/8111.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 09:59:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aliran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jerit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asset declarations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asset disclosures]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If Pakatan takes over the federal government in the next election, it should prioritise legislation towards asset disclosures, says Jerit. This is clearly the standpoint of those who are scared that their involvement in corrupt practices would be exposed by such an exercise. The example set by PSM (Parti Socialis Malaysia), whose elected representatives have [...] ]]></description>
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		<title>A sad day to be Malaysians and Muslims</title>
		<link>http://aliran.com/8177.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 11:28:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aliran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 Civil Society Voices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deportation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hamza Kashgari]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hishammuddin Hussein]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The deportation of Hamza Kashgari despite a High Court order preventing it is clearly a show of disrespect and contempt of court, says the Islamic Renaissance Front. The Islamic Renaissance Front strongly condemns the deportation of Hamza Kashgari over his allegedly offensive tweets. Due to the irresponsible and cowardly actions of the Malaysian government in [...] ]]></description>
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		<title>Open letter to Chua Soi Lek</title>
		<link>http://aliran.com/8190.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:12:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aliran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 TA Online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chinese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chua soi lek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lim Guan Eng]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MCA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[umno]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For almost 50 long years, many Chinese Malaysians blindly gave their vote to the MCA. With their support, the Alliance/BN controlled Parliament and undermined democracy, points out Tota ahead of the Great Debate between Chua Soi Lek and Lim Guan Eng. Soi Lek, hold your silence, apologise to the Chinese Malaysian community and repent. You [...] ]]></description>
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		<title>SIS criticises deportation of Hamza Kashgari</title>
		<link>http://aliran.com/8173.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:59:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aliran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 Civil Society Voices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[apostasy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hamza Kashgari]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hishamuddin Hussein]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qur'an]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sadly, despite its attempt to promote Malaysia as a moderate Muslim country, the Malaysian government has failed to match its rhetoric with its actions, says Sisters in Islam (SIS). Sisters in Islam (SIS) is deeply disappointed that the Malaysian government has deported the Saudi blogger Hamza Kashgari without due process. This deportation was carried out [...] ]]></description>
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