I hadn’t expected my book tour in Malaysia to end with a confrontation with men who identified themselves as police in a Kuala Lumpur airport. I arrived in the Muslim-majority country in early January ...

A pillion waves a Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) flag on the eve of Malaysia's general election at Permatang Pauh KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's new prime minister, Anwar Ibrahim, will be ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (RNS) — Several hundred people marched in Malaysia's capital on Saturday (March 9) to mark International Women's Day in an event organized by activist groups and local NGOs and ...

On May 26, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim sat alongside Dr. Ali Gomaa, the former grand mufti of Egypt, and Habib Umar Bin Hafiz, founder and dean of the Dar al-Mustafa seminary in Tarim, ...

Global Ikhwan Services and Business Holdings is accused of running a network of care homes where children were allegedly subject to systematic abuse. Just weeks after the "Allah socks" scandal, a ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Thursday criticized the public caning of two Muslim women for attempting to have sex, saying it tarnished Islam's reputation as a ...

Reporting from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — The Metro Tabernacle Church, a storefront with metal shutters, sits gutted, black smoke stains on the concrete pillars bearing witness to the intense fire that ...

Let’s be frank about it. Let’s be frank about it. Malaysia’s image of a multi-cultural, multi-religious society – as always shown to the international community- has been severely battered for the ...

Discover your handy guide to Malaysia's public holiday 2026 to help you plan a smooth trip, complete with key dates and ...

With the Lunar New Year round the corner, Chinese around the world are preparing to welcome the Year of the Dog. But in Malaysia, where people of ethnic Chinese descent make up almost a quarter of the ...

(The Conversation) — Religion and nationalism were once ideologies at odds. Now, they are increasingly bedfellows, with populism often the glue. (The Conversation) — I hadn’t expected my book tour in ...

With the Lunar New Year round the corner, Chinese around the world are preparing to welcome the Year of the Dog. But in Malaysia, where people of ethnic Chinese descent make up almost a quarter of the ...