This past Sunday, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak endorsed the work and mission of the Inter-faith Relations Working Committee. It's a group of Malaysia's religious leaders, representative of the many faiths that make the country such a remarkable society in both the Asian and Islamic worlds. Between Christians, Hindus,...

Among the more pernicious rumors swirling about Obama are those dealing with his Muslim connections. Or so we're told: the persons who denounce -- and not coincidentally promulgate -- these rumors are generally the same ones who loudly assert that there is nothing wrong whatsoever with Muslim connections per se....

In Malaysia, criminal prosecutions often seem to have a political taint by dint of history and media. In that vein, it's important to address both in assessing the meaning of the trial of Anwar Ibrahim.

Western media's treatment of Anwar's sodomy trials tends to focus on what strikes Westerners...