Perhaps it would benefit us all if every time we felt hurt or insulted, especially this Ramadan, we took a moment and asked ourselves ‘What would the Prophet do?’, says the writer.

The Federal civil and criminal courts may not be perfect, but we have a running chance at being dealt with justly should we come before them, says the writer.

Concern and advocacy for a global cause does not deprive our own backyard of the same energy to do good, says the writer.

There is a chilling blood lust within the Israeli government whose murderous intentions are being supported without any qualms by their overseas supporters.

And when we see what is happening when an entire people are denied their human rights and dignity, does it make us reflect on how we uphold the same rights for ourselves and everyone around us, asks the writer.

A vital lesson from the Israel-Palestine conflict is that we need to be careful, even in our own country, how we speak about other human beings.

There are more good people than bad in this world. But why do some people make it difficult for those who want to do good?

Most Malaysians want to be able to forget all of the noise and negativity and simply be happy, even if only temporarily, says the writer.

Often, pandering to others instead of standing up for our principles will only give our opponents more ammunition to take us down, says the writer.

On the one hand, we celebrate children, encourage people to have lots of them. Yet we want to discriminate between them and their less lucky peers, especially those who had no say on where and how they were born.

What we need to do to fight it is to cherish our beautiful majmuk country, where every single one of us, all perfectly clear-minded, makes it so.

Suddenly, vintage styles of kebaya and baju kurung in all sorts of fabrics are the rage this Hari Raya.