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The festive mood of Chinese New Year has started with families planning the most important meal of the year – the Reunion Dinner – whereby family members have to head for home from wherever they are to have the dinner together. Chinese New Year marks the beginning of Spring and the celebration of Spring over the next 15 days is symbolic of the survival of a bitterly cold winter that had just...

Scientists are supposed to be rigorous and unbiased in their scientific research. 3 top US scientists were forced to resign in mid-September 2018 due to misconduct. Jose Baselga, chief medical officer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York had authored hundreds of articles on cancer research. In dozens of articles, he was found to have failed to disclose that he had received...

Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) calls on Muslim organisations, Ministers, politicians and community leaders to avoid seeking publicity for distribution of aid to needy Muslims during Ramadhan. It has become a recent practice to publicise widely the aid given to the poor and needy for Eid al-Fitri celebrations. Events are organized, often in mosques, attended by prominent Muslim leaders,...

بسمٱللهٱلرحمنٱلرحيم السلامعليكمورحمةاللهوبركاته                          I wish all our Muslim brothers and sisters a happy and meaningful Hari Raya          Eid al-Fitr. I pray to Allah to accept our worship, fasting and charity during Ramadhan, the holiest month. First of Syawal will soon arrive for us to celebrate...

The majority of Malaysians are currently undergoing the obligations of the Muslim community, which is to fast during the month of Ramadhan. Being in the month of Ramadhan or better understood by the Muslim community in Malaysia as the fasting month, the month of worship (bulan Ibadah) and the month of Muhasabah, is an opportunity for Muslims to restore the goodness and purify the bad values...

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) is of the view that Oktoberfest, a German beer festival, should never be permitted at all and we have been consistent in our stand. We launched a nationwide anti-alcohol campaign in 1988 to tackle the problem from different angles. This tireless effort came in the form of numerous letters and memos to the authorities, coaxing them to take action,...

Hari Raya Message from CAP President Haji S.M. Mohamed Idris We are in the last ten days of Ramadhan when Muslims are required to spend more time in prayer, introspection and giving charity. Regrettably, they are bombarded with advertisements to buy and consume more. “Ramadan Jam11, Gila-Gila Deals from RM1, Raya Ni Mesti Cun,, Jualan Hebat up to 50%” are some of the ads to tempt consumers....

by CAP President Haji S.M.Mohamed Idris Ramadhan is the most sacred month in the Muslim calendar when the noble Qur’an was revealed to our beloved Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. as a guidance to mankind.  It prescribes fasting as a way to attain Taqwa (God-consciousness) and the Prophet is reported to have narrated:  “Allah said, every action of the son of Adam is for him except fasting, for that...