Beyonce, Anwar Ibrahim and The Mufti

Beyonce wins at MTV Europe

BERLIN - BERLIN loves Beyonce. The R&B superstar scooped up three wins Thursday at the 16th annual MTV Europe Music Awards, including trophies for best female, best song for Halo and best video for her No. 1 smash, Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It.)

When she won the best video award, she thanked Jay-Z - who just happens to be her husband - for 'putting a ring on it.' Jay-Z was also honored, winning MTV Europe's best urban act - though he said he looked forward to the day when 'all those awards come down' that it's just music, plain and simple, adding 'Danke schoen' (thank you in German) before leaving the stage.


Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim

KUALA LUMPUR: It’s back to square one for Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim after the Court of Appeal overturned the High Court’s decision compelling the prosecution to provide him with documents and DNA samples he said were crucial for his defence in a sodomy trial.

In a unanimous decision Friday, Justices Hasan Lah, Abu Samah Nordin and Sulaiman Daud allowed the prosecution’s appeal against the High Court decision and dismissed Anwar’s cross appeal.

Justice Hasan Lah, in handing down the court’s ruling, said that the bench disagreed with the High Court’s interpretation of Section 51A of the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC), which formed part of the basis for the order.

He ruled that the documents and evidence Anwar had applied for did not fall under the purview of Section 51A, and that there were still limitations to the documents provided to a defendant pre-trial.



Ex-mufti hits out at narrow-minded views

PETALING JAYA: The view that non-Muslims cannot enter mosques is a narrow-minded one and gives the wrong impression of Islam, said former Perlis mufti Dr Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin.

“If we have this kind of view, it shows that Islam is creating hostility towards non-Muslims.

“This view can even prevent non-Muslims from getting to know Islam better,” he added.

Dr Mohd Asri was responding to a statement by Selangor Islamic Affairs Department (JAIS) director Datuk Mohamed Khusrin Munawi that non-Muslims cannot enter mosques because “they were in the same category as menstruating women.”