The day I out-debated the ustaz

ISLAMIC POTPOURRI - No Comments » - Posted on October, 26 at 9:32 pm

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Raja Petra Kamarudin
On 11 April 2001, I was detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA), a day after four other Reformasi activists suffered the same fate — Ezam Mohd Nor, Saari Sungib, Tian Chua and Hishamuddin Rais. They actually wanted to detain me that same day as well but I managed to escape. […]

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Why I don’t go to the mosque anymore

ISLAMIC POTPOURRI - No Comments » - Posted on October, 21 at 9:35 pm

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Raja Petra Kamarudin
Awhile back, the imams of a few mosques in Selangor were sacked and replaced with government nominees. Amongst these were the Sungai Buloh mosque near my house, the Damansara Utama mosque (Masjid Mujahideen) where Ustaz Haji Abdul Hadi Awang had been lecturing for more than 20 years (and a mosque the […]

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