Do not read these! Banned!

Here is a piece of interesting information that I saw in the online media, Malaysian Insider, recently. The Malaysian Insider, and especially, the writer of the article, Ivan Yeo, rightly gets my gratitude for letting me go back to the past and coming back to the present!

No. it’s not about some nostalgia events or anything like that. Well, it’s just about reads; what the Malaysians should read and what they should not.  Ivan Hoe pointed out the site where one can get the list of the banned reading materials by the Home Ministry. Of course, Little Red Riding Hood and Alice in Wonderland or Sindbad the Sailor are not amongst list of banned reads or books of the Malaysian authorities (a wink from my eye).

From the year 1971 until now about 1517 books, pamphlets and magazines have been banned. Most of them touch on Islam and sex. Some on political ideologies and others on what the banners say.  It is impossible and demeaning of me to list them all out here. I did try but I gave up after putting in the latest 10 books that were written in English which you can see below. For the rest just go to the website kdn.gov.my and get the whole lot.

1.   Allah, Liberty And Love - Irshad Manji – 2012

2.   "WHERE DID I COME FROM?" -  Peter Mayle – 2012

3.   The March To Putrajaya-Malaysia's New Era Is At Hand -  Kim Quek – 2010

4.   1 FUNNY MALAYSIA -  Zunar – 2010

5.   The Jewel of Medina - Sherry Jones – 2009

6.   Qabil & Habil S. Aneesa - 2009

7.   Ibrahim a.s. And Sarah S. Aneesa – 2009

8.   The Trouble With Islam Today -  Irshad Manji – 2009

9.   The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (And The Crusades) -  Robert Spencer – 2009

     10. ANTICHRIST ISLAM'S AWAITED MESSIAH Joel Richardson -2009