Two people have been arrested in Malaysia after a viral video showing a man wearing a headscarf while drinking alcohol at a ...

Muslim men in a Malaysian state could face up to two years in prison or a hefty fine for skipping Friday prayers without a valid reason under Shariah law. Authorities in Terengganu state, which is ...

SINGAPORE, May 26 — The success of Singapore’s Malay/Muslim community must be a shared mission, the republic’s acting minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Faishal Ibrahim said. Faishal stressed the ...

The incarcerated Najib Razak, despite his fall from grace and corrupt leader tag, is still a political force. He is seen as someone who could check rising right-wing Muslim conservatism. Something ...

After coming to office with a pledge to focus on the economy, Anwar has been dogged by Malay-Muslim culture war controversies. Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim attends a Ramadan fast-breaking ...

Bersatu Supreme Council member Noh Omar said the constitution should explicitly state that the prime minister’s post can only be held by a Malay-Muslim. Political analysts have shot down Bersatu ...

SINGAPORE, Aug 30 — A new framework is being developed to bring together both established Malay-Muslim organisations and newer grassroots groups in Singapore. Faishal Ibrahim, the acting minister in ...

In July, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s Unity government, through Minister for Religious Affairs Mohd Na’im Mokhtar, introduced the new Mufti Bill for the Federal Territories. The bill, the ...

(The Conversation) — Post 9/11, brown and sometimes Black Muslim characters were portrayed as ‘good’ only when aligned with US state power. Muslim filmmakers are trying to change that. Such depictions ...

Noh Omar called for Malays to unite politically to amend the constitution to require that the prime minister’s post only be held by a Malay-Muslim. The Federal Constitution should be amended so that ...