Malaysia’s legal system includes a sharia law system of personal law applicable only to Muslims and administered by the various state sharia courts. The politicisation of Islam has unjustifiably allowed its proponents to advocate for a more central role for sharia law, resulting in increasing conflicts with federal law in numerous areas. In particular, the…
“Humour can be dissected, as a frog can, but the thing dies in the process and the innards are discouraging to any but the purely scientific mind. When a satirist is sued and a court attempts to ‘dissect the frog’, everyone tends to look foolish except the satirist.” – EB and Katharine S White, A…
After much suspense, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin unveiled his new Cabinet today. We take a look at what this means for rule of law, democracy & human rights in Malaysia. 1. Freedom of Speech, Assembly & Association Many expect political heavyweights to helm this crucial Cabinet post, but it went to an unlikely (and relatively…
Has Daenerys Targaryen breached any rules of war when she breathed down dragon fire on King’s Landing & its civilians after Cersei Lannister’s surrender? Is there such a thing today as Tyrion Lannister’s trial by combat? In one of my favourite interviews with BFM 89.9, I dissect HBO’s global TV sensation – Game of Thrones…