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Anwar and Hamas
KKB youths prefer PN
Perlis loses conversion case
Anwar and Hamas
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim met Hamas' political leader Ismail Haniyeh during the former's visit to Qatar.
The meet-up came just a week after the US sent a sanctions officer to Malaysia, expressing concerns that funds were being channelled through the country to Iran and its proxies, including Hamas.
The US and most Western countries consider Hamas a terrorist organisation.
Later at the Qatar Economic Forum, Anwar said he only has ties with Hamas' political wing and has no involvement or discussions with the group's military operations.
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KKB youths prefer PN
Selangor government-linked think tank, Institut Darul Ehsan’s (IDE), found that youth voters in Kuala Kubu Baharu mostly sided with Perikatan Nasional.
IDE's analysis showed that PN secured 63 percent of votes from those aged 18 to 24.
However, it said this was mitigated by the fact that this age group had the lowest voter turnout of around 53 percent.
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Perlis loses conversion case
The Federal Court has upheld its stance against unilateral conversions.
A three-person Federal Court bench chaired by Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat unanimously denied the appeal leave application by the Perlis Islamic Religious and Malay Customs Council (Maips) and three others to reinstate the unilateral conversion of single mother Loh Siew Hong's three children.
The court had previously ruled in 2018 that the conversion of a child to Islam requires the consent of both parents.
Tengku Maimun ruled in this latest case that the appellants failed to show any new issues that required adjudicating.
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