Tag Archives: Malaysia

No Hudud, please. We’re human.

07. Oct, 2011 • Categories: Politics, Thoughts • by

Salt Media avidly monitors social, cultural and political developments. Here are three fresh contributions to the Hudud law debate – Prof Shad Saleem Faruqi, Prof Azmi Sharom and Sisters in Islam. The points raised by all three are fundamental and critical to our understanding of the issues at stake – yet many of us are [...]

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Are we ready for the Google Wallet?

21. Sep, 2011 • Categories: Entrepreneur, Mobile, Social Media, Technology, Thoughts • by

They’ve taken the dictionary, they’ve taken snail mail. They’ve even made the word ‘search’ obsolete. Now they’re out to get our wallets. Google Wallet – it’s Google’s latest offering to make our lives more convenient, increasingly mobile and ultimately… less tangible. Launched Sept 19, Google Wallet is a mobile app that allows you to turn [...]

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Where will you stand this Malaysia Day?

16. Sep, 2011 • Categories: Social Media, Thoughts • by

Let us turn our thoughts today to Martin Luther King and recognise that there are ties between us, all men and women…  - James Taylor, Shed a little Light   Normally, I would never dare put myself in the same sentence as Martin Luther King Jr. But I’m guessing that this great man will forgive [...]

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Yes, look at Iran

05. Oct, 2009 • Categories: Uncategorized • by

TWENTY-TWO years after the Iranian Revolution, Zainah Anwar (the writer of the article which I’ve posted below) and I travelled to Iran. We met a wide range of people in government, academia, the religious cricles and NGOs. But the one person I so clearly remember was Zara, a young 21-year-old who hated the government, the [...]

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