"Lily's Room"

This is an article collection between June 2007 and December 2018. Sometimes I add some recent articles too.

Entries from 2008-03-01 to 1 month

Muslims protest against a film

Malaysiakini.com (http://www.malaysiakini.com)Mahathir: Muslims 'annoyed' by Dutch film , 29 March 2008 (AFP) Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad today condemned the decision by a far-right Dutch lawmaker to post an anti-Islam film o…

Vatican-Muslim meeting (4)

The Times(http://www.timesonline.co.uk) Saudi Arabia extends hand of friendship to Pope, 17 March 2008 by Richard Owen in Rome The Vatican is believed to be holding talks with Saudi authorities over opening the first Roman Catholic churc…

OIC debate on Islamaphobia

Yemen Times (http://yementimes.com) OIC debate on Islamaphobia Dakar 13-14 March The Indonesian political magazine Tempo recently published a satirical version of the Last Supper by Leonardo de Vinci. Instead of Jesus it showed ex Presiden…

Former Muslim was baptized (3)

WorldWide Religious News (http://wwrn.org)"Vatican distances Pope from views of baptized Muslim" by Phil Stewart (Reuters, 27 March 2008) Vatican City - The Vatican sought on Thursday to put distance between Pope Benedict and the politic…

Justice and equality in M’sia

Sangsuria (http://sangsuria.blogspot.com) Seeking Justice and Equality: Chandra Muzaffar replies , 16 March 2008 IT is sad that Jules Ong has not really understood my position on justice and equality in Malaysia. For almost 40 years now,…

Former Muslim was baptized (2)

WorldWide Religious News (http://wwrn.org) (1) "Pope Rejoices Over Conversions on Easter" by Frances D'Emilio (AP, 24 March 2008) Vatican City -- Pope Benedict XVI rejoiced over conversions to Christianity in an Easter Sunday Mass on the …

Former Muslim was baptized (1)

1. WorldWide Religious News (http://wwrn.org) "Pope baptizes famous Muslim convert" by Philip Pullella (Reuters, 22 March 2008) Vatican City - Pope Benedict led the world's Catholics into Easter on Saturday at a Vatican service where he ba…

Abdullah’s Malay Bible

Aliran (http://www.aliran.com) Abdullah's Bible, 20 March 2008 For a country that is not exactly known for its reading habit, we seem to be grabbing a lot of books lately, observes Farish Noor. Or to put it more accurately, we seem to be c…

Religious problems in the world

Santa Cruz Sentinel (http://www.santacruzsentinel.com) How goes it with religion around the world, 22 March 2008 by Laina Farhat-Holzman Twenty years ago, many of us thought that religion was a dying institution, starting with the develo…

Good Friday in Malaysia

New Straits Times Online (http://www.nst.com) Christians mark the 'saddest day', 22 March 2008 by Marc Lourdes and Audrey Dermawan KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Christians gathered in churches around the country yesterday at services to mark the…

Vatican-Muslim meeting (3)

“World Wide Religious News” (http://wwrn.org.) (1)"Vatican, Muslims prepare historic meeting with Pope" by Philip Pullella (Reuters, March 3, 2008) Vatican City - Muslim representatives and Vatican officials begin talks this week that they…

Muslim-Christian dialogue

News Agency Trend News (http://news.trend.az) Dialogue between Islam and Christianity: Opinions of Six Experts, 19 March 2008 Azerbaijan, Baku, 19 March (TrendNews R.Hafizoglu, A.Gasimova, D.Khatinoglu) The conference of the Organization o…

Vatican-Muslim meeting (2)

1. “World Wide Religious News” (http://wwrn.org.) "Saudi Arabia extends hand of friendship to Pope" by Richard Owen ("The Times", March 17, 2008) Vatican City - The Vatican is believed to be holding talks with Saudi authorities over openin…

Vatican-Muslim meeting (1)

“World Wide Religious News” (http://wwrn.org.) "Vatican, Muslims plan 'historic' meeting", 2 January 2008 by Nicole Winfield (AP) Vatican City - A meeting between Catholics and Muslims is planned in Rome this spring to start a dialogue bet…

Dialogue and the Gospel

“World Wide Religious News” (http://wwrn.org.) "Pope: While open to dialogue, the Church cannot refrain from proclaiming the Gospel" (AsiaNews, January 31, 2008) Vatican City - The Catholic Church speaks the truth, both when, "in the face …

Malaysian elections...after that

Crosswalk.com (http://www.crosswalk.com) Unprecedented Election Setback for Ruling Party in Malaysia by Patrick Goodenough (CNSNews.com) - Malaysia was hit by a political tsunami at the weekend when an early election deprived the ruling co…

Muslim-Christian relations

WorldWide Religious News (http://wwrn.org)1. "Unholy row in Jordan over missionaries" (AFP, March 11, 2008) Amman, Jordan - Jordanian Christians are up in arms over the activities of foreign missionaries in the Muslim conservative kingdom …

World order or peace initiative?

Common Ground News(http://www.commongroundnews.org) A new world peace initiative , 12 February 2008 by Saboor Syed Islamabad - Worldwide attention has for some time now been focused on media sources that paint Islam as an ideology that cau…

Indians in M’sia and Sri Lanka

1. Malaysiakini.com (http://www.malaysiakini.com) Indian Muslims 'ethnically cleansed', 6 March 2008 by Marginalised TMIM There are two categories of Indian Muslims in Malaysia. First is the Malaysian Indian Muslim Malays, This lot claim…

Crisis of the standard of UM

Malaysiakini.com (http://www.malaysiakini.com) Avoid decline and fall of UM, 6 February 2008 by Syed Husin Ali On Feb 2, 2008, the Universiti Malaya (UM) Alumni held quite an elaborate do to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the universi…

S’pore, Indonesia & M’sia

1. Singapore CBN News.com(http://www.cbn.com) Singapore Takes on a World Mission, 5 March 2008 By George Thomas (CBN News Senior Reporter) CBNNews.com - Singapore is a small country with some of the fastest growing Christian communities in…

NECF news

NECF(http://www.necf.org.my) 29 Jan 20081.Update on the SIB Court CaseLast week, the Minister of the Internal Security ordered the release of the educational books for Christian children. The books were finally returned to SIB Church in Sa…

Church and Elections in M’sia

1.Malaysiakini.com (http://www.malaysiakini.com) (1) Crucifix poster stirs controversy, 2 March 2008 by Chua Sue-Ann A ruling Barisan National coalition banner bearing images of the crucifix has raised eyebrows in Seberang Jaya, Penang. …

Islam and equality in M’sia

Malaysiakini.com (http://www.malaysiakini.com)(1) Islamic state may become a reality, 29 February 2008 by Kannan One of the important questions every voter should be asking before voting in the coming general election is when will Malaysia…

Islam and non-Muslims in M’sia

Family Security Matters.org(http://7rangersarticles.blogspot.com) Malaysia's 'moderate" Islam supports oppression , 6 February 2008 The NRD will not accept anyone's conversion out of Islam unless this has been approved by a Syariah (Isla…

Election debates in Malaysia

1.Aliran (http://www.aliran.com) (1) Christian vote set to swing to Opposition, 29 February 2008 Judging by the number of election talks held in churches across the country and the enthusiastic response to critical speakers and opposition …