"Lily's Room"

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

Entries from 2008-11-01 to 1 month

Arabic terms in Malaysia

Malaysiakini.com(http://www.malaysiakini.com) 1. Lim taken to task for wrong Islamic verse, 17 November 2008 by Athi Veeranggan An opposition assemblyperson has cast aspersions on Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng’s attempt to use of a verse f…

Fears of non-Muslims

AsiaOne News (http://news.asiaone.com)Syariah judge: Fears among non-Muslims unwarranted , 19 November 2008 PUTRAJAYA, MALAYSIA(The Star ): Islam will not discriminate against any race or religion even if the common law and the Syariah c…

The Herald suit

1.Malaysiakini.com(http://www.malaysiakini.com) Herald vs gov't: 'Allah' suit to be mentioned on Feb 27, 21 November 2008The Kuala Lumpur High Court will set a new trial date on Feb 27 on the suit filed by Catholic weekly Herald on the u…

Difficulties in dialogue

Dar Al-Hayat (http://english.daralhayat.com)The Difficult Road to Dialogue, 17 November 2008 by Elias Harfoush If there is a step to be worth looking at, in order to go bring the world back to its the state before September 11, it is the c…

Go out of the country !

Assyrian International News Agency (http://www.aina.org)Letter From Iraqi Muslim Group Orders All Christians Out of the Country, 18 November 2008 (AINA) -- A Christian bishop received a threatening letter written by Ansar al-Islam, a Kur…

No Religious Freedom

WorldWide Religious News (http://wwrn.org) "Religious Freedom Does Not Apply To Muslims Here, Says Retired Judge" ("Bernama", November 19, 2008) Putrajaya, Malaysia - The concept of religous freedom does not apply to Muslims in the country…

The Malay language issue

Malaysiakini.com (http://www.malaysiakini.com)Malay language needs to be reformed, 18 November 2008 by Mokhtar Mansor I am a Malay. I was born to a poor family in a remote village at Bongor, Baling, Kedah. I graduated from the Universiti o…

Malaysian judicial decisions

The Star Online (http://thestar.com.my) Heartening judicial decisions, 12 November 2008By SHAD SALEEM FARUQITwo verdicts delivered last week are signs of a judicial renaissance, but they are likely to be appealed against. AN independent, i…

Malay and non-Malay

Malaysiakini.com (http://www.malaysiakini.com) Stop using the terms 'Malay' or 'non-Malay', 14 November 2008 by Yoda I refer to the letter Forget Obama, why don't you all start speaking BM? I'd like to thank the writer for bringing up Bara…

PAS will embrace non-Muslims

Reuters India (http://in.reuters.com)Malaysia Islamic party moves to embrace non-Muslims, 14 November 2008 KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's opposition Islamist party PAS is opening its doors to non-Muslims to bolster its support in the …

Dubious interfaith agenda

United States Commision on International Religious Freedom (uscirf@address-verify.com)FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nov. 12, 2008 USCIRF Op-Ed in The Christian Science Monitor: The Saudis' dubious interfaith agenda at the UN The country's lack of …

M’sian Church and the court

Asia News.it (http://www.asianews.it)Evangelical Church goes to court against ban on using the word "Allah", 12 November 2008 The Evangelical Church of Malaysia has appealed to the supreme court following the recall of some of its magazine…

Catholic-Muslim forum (2)

Common Ground News(http://www.commongroundnews.org) Why I went to meet the Pope, 4 November 2008 by Tariq Ramadan(www.tariqramadan.com) London - Now that the shock waves touched off by Pope Benedict XVI’s remarks at Regensburg on 12 Se…

Call for conversion to Islam

Asia News.it(http://www.asianews.it)Axis of evil countries "open" to Obama. Al Qaeda calls upon him to convert to Islam, 7 November 2008 Ahmadinejad congratulates the U.S. president-elect and asks for "fundamental and fair" changes on fo…

Racial divide in Church

WWRN (http://wwrn.org) Obama election shows deep racial divide in church" By Rachel Zoll (AP, November 6, 2008) New York, USA - The barrier-crossing election of Barack Obama did little to bridge the deep racial divide in American churches.…

Catholic-Muslim forum (1)

Asia News.it(http://www.asianews.it) Fr. Samir: A good start in friendship at the Catholic-Muslim Forum in the Vatican, 7 November 2008 by Samir Khalil Samir The Jesuit Samir Khalil, an expert on Islam and among the participants at the For…

The Term issue in M’sia

Christian Today(http://www.christiantoday.com)Malaysian court postpones hearing on church's use of 'Allah' materials, 6 November 2008 by Edmond Chua, Christian Post A Malaysian court hearing on the appeal by an evangelical church to use t…

Knowledge gap

Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk) Plugging the knowledge gap, 4 November 2008 by Yahya Birt The Vatican meeting is a first step, but for real interfaith dialogue, the Muslim world needs experts on Christianity This week, 48 Muslim and C…

Bush and religious dialogue

WWRN(http://wwrn.org.) "Bush to attend UN dialogue on religions" By Edith M. Lederer (AP, October 31, 2008) United Nations - President Bush will join several other world leaders at a General Assembly meeting to promote a global dialogue …

Clash of Civilisations?

The Star Online (http://www.thestar.com.my) The silent conflict, 4 November 2008The 2008 US presidential election is a clash within the Western civilisation. SINCE the United States is the leading superpower of our time, the American pre…

3,000-year old Hebrew text

WWRN (http://wwrn.org) "Archeologist finds 3,000-year old Hebrew text" ("CNN", October 30, 2008) Jerusalem, Israel - An Israeli archaeologist has discovered what he says is the earliest-known Hebrew text, found on a shard of pottery that d…