Sisters in Islam is holding a press conference this morning in response to a fatwa declaring the group as subscribing to “liberalism” and “religious pluralism” and therefore allegedly deviating from the teachings of Islam.
Marina: how was fatwa passed? No chance for SIS to be heard. @netraKL pic.twitter.com/LPdhERE7aD
— Honey Tan (@honeyean) October 31, 2014
A couple of days ago, I received a phone call from an officer at a local bank regarding my application for a banking facility.
Update (31 October 2014): This site now seems to be accessible via Digi.
Several Digi users have complained to me they are unable to access this site for some reason since yesterday morning. They have no problems accessing other websites.
Areas in southern Penang Island were submerged in flash floods this afternoon after a sudden heavy downpour south of USM this morning.
I was planning to write something about this ban, but a Kamal Solhaimi Fadzil beat me to it in this piece published in Malaysian Insider.
The padlocked metal gate of University of Malaya was unable to hold back the over 2000 students who had come to listen to Anwar Ibrahim at the University of Malaya last night.
And the following are other scenes from UM including clips of Anwar addressing the throng:
Aliran’s P Ramakrishnan has released a press statement on University of Malaya’s reaction to a talk by Anwar Ibrahim organised by UM’s Student Council.
A couple of academics have informed me that all classes have apparently been cancelled from 4.00pm as the university appears to have gone into shut-down mode for today.
Meanwhile, a circular purportedly from the campus authorities is making the rounds:
Dolphins have been spotted off the coast of Penang again. This video was uploaded on Youtube on 14 September 2014.