Malaysia

Malaysia bars civil servants from using Israeli navigation app Waze due to 'security concerns'

Muslim-majority Malaysia is a staunch supporter of the Palestinian ​cause and does not maintain diplomatic relations with Israel.

 Where are we heading? An illustration of the Waze logo.
Chess

Banned Israeli chess players demand 'world' be stripped from Malaysian championship title

India's Vishwanathan Anand plays against Israel's Boris Gelfand during a tie-break of FIDE World chess championship match in State Tretyakovsky Gallery in Moscow on May 30, 2012.

Israelis unable to compete in FIDE amateur chess tournament taking place in Malaysia

Container ships are docked at Tanjung Pelepas Port in Gelang Patah, Malaysia June 29, 2026.

Malaysia tightens cargo regulations, detains containers bound for Israel passing through its port


Israeli Paralympic swimmer breaks world record by 6 seconds

The event was moved to London after Malaysia refused to let Israelis compete.

Bronze medal winners Inbal Pezaro and Mark Malya

Islamic authorities in Malaysian state denounce Shi'ites in sermon

The minority Shi'ite community in Sunni Muslim-majority Malaysia has been subject to discrimination and persecution by authorities, human rights groups have said.

An Imam performs Friday prayers on Skalitzer Strasse (street) in Berlin September 19, 2014.

Iran looks to China, Japan, Malaysia to seek relief from U.S. sanctions

Foreign Minister Zarif visits Asian countries to improve economic ties.

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe greets Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at the start of their bilateral meeting in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Japan August 28, 2019

Indian Islamic preacher apologizes to Malaysians for racial remarks

Race and religion are sensitive issues in Malaysia, where Muslims make up about 60 percent of its 32 million people. The rest are mostly ethnic Chinese and Indians, most of whom are Hindus.

A mosque is silhouetted against city buildings in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, January 27, 2016.

Malaysian PM at Cambridge: My Jewish friends are not like other Jews

Speaking at Cambridge Union, Mahathir Mohamad said that he would invade Israel if he could.

Malaysia Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad speaks during the APEC CEO Summit 2018 at the Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, 17 November 2018

Ex-Mossad chief: US must block Iran-Malaysia sanctions end-run

The US hopes that its sanctions and pressure campaign will convince Tehran to agree to additional concessions relating to its nuclear program and military activities.

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Malaysia probes book on women who refuse to wear headscarves

It was unclear what offenses or laws the book was being investigated over.

A woman wearing a hijab [Illustrative]

The Amalek awards

The time has come to acknowledge those individuals or groups that stand above the crowd in their hatred for Jews and Israel.

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) participates in a House Education and Labor Committee Markup on the H.R. 582 Raise The Wage Act, in the Rayburn House Office Building on March 6, 2019 in Washington, D.C

Malaysian citizen jailed for insulting Islam on social media

The sentence is believed to be the harshest such penalty on record in the Muslim-majority country, where concerns over racial and religious tensions have grown in recent months.

Malaysia Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad speaks during the APEC CEO Summit 2018 at the Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, 17 November 2018

Malaysia’s tourism minister says homosexuals don’t exist in his country

The Berlin-based daily paper Tagesspiegel queried Mohammaddin bin Ketapi about whether his country is safe for homosexuals and Jews

Malaysia Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad