"Lily's Room"

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

Entries from 2009-06-01 to 1 month

Christians can help Muslims

Asia News.it (http://www.asianews.it) Christians can save Islam from cultural death, 26 June 2009 by Samir Khalil Samir The Islamic tradition could die out fear of modernity which it perceives as anti-religious. For some time all Islamic e…

Mission schools used to be....

Malaysia Insider (http://www.malaysiainsider.com) Missionary schools model for 1 Malaysia, says PM, 27 June 2009 By Neville Spykerman David Fernandez (right, a veteran St.John's teacher who is famous for his booming voice) organising the V…

Disintegrated Malaysian fabric?

The Star Online (http://thestar.com.my) Healing Malaysia Art of Healing, 28 June 2009 by DR AMIR FARID ISAHAK Can’t we all just get along? Not until we get to know each other better. AFTER the euphoria of our 50th Merdeka (Independence), i…

Malay and Chinese newspapers

Malaysiakini.com (http://www.malaysiakini.com) Sin Chew crosses swords with Utusan, 26 June 2009 by Kuek Ser Kuang Keng Utusan Malaysia, known for its radical Malay nationalist sentiments, recently published two commentaries that sparked…

A Catholic opinion

Catholic Star Herald (http://www.catholicstarherald.org) Missionaries with different approached to evangelization, 25 June 2009 bY MICHAEL M. CANARIS Evangelization, the sharing with others that Good News which we have received through no …

English issue in Malaysia again

The Star Online (http://www.thestar.com.my) Report out next month on teaching in English in line with ‘people first’ vision, 24 June 2009 by ZULKIFLI AB RAHMAN KUALA LUMPUR: A report on the analysis of the teaching of Science and Mathemati…

How to speak about Islam

Malaysiakini.com (http://www.malaysiakini.com) How to speak about Islam, 22 June 2009 by Azly Rahman The debate on who should or should not speak about Islam continues to be an interesting topic especially in Malaysia. Non-Muslims are al…

English issue in Malaysia

Malaysiakini.com (http://www.malaysiakini.com) (1)English: Beware of hasty implementation, 16 june 2009 by Khaw Veon Szu, Teo Lee Ken The move to consider making it compulsory for students to obtain a pass in English in order to pass the…

Bangsar Lutheran Church

UCAN (Union of Catholic Asian News) (http://www.ucanews.com)MALAYSIA Christians, Muslims discuss minority issues, 19 June 2009 BANGKOK (UCAN) -- More than 100 Christians, Muslims and people of other religions gathered at a Lutheran church …

No right to talk about Islam (2)

Aliran (http://www.aliran.com) “You are not qualified to talk about my religion”: How to respond to attempts to close the Public domain part 2, 18 June 2009 Dealing with the standard admonition “You do not have the right to speak about my …

No right to talk about Islam (1)

Aliran (http://www.aliran.com) ‘You are not qualified to talk about Islam’: How to respond to attempts to close the public domain, 16 June 2009 by Farish Noor Rather than silencing the voices of Muslim women who are trying to understand an…

Muslim-Chrisitan issues

1. Union of Catholic Asian News (http://www.ucanews.com) Protestant couple sentenced to jail for sedition, 12 June 2009 SINGAPORE (UCAN) -- A Protestant couple found guilty of sedition for mailing religiously offensive material to three Mu…

Religious issues in Malaysia

Malaysiakini.com (http://www.malaysiakini.com)(1) Where are the new temples and churches?, 24 December 2003 by Badak Bodoh Reading Edmund Burke Fan’s letter to the editor, ‘Don’t expect religious equality’, I think the writer is terribly m…

M’sian apostate issue in the past

I reproduce here my past collection of the articles from Malaysiakini.com on the apostate issue so that we could learn that the same pattern had occurred in Malaysia and also learn that we should avoid repeating these unnecessary discussio…

Looking back

Center for Inquiry (http://www.centerforinquiry.net)This is a transcript of Stephen Crittenden's interview of Ibn Warraq on "The Religion Report," Australian Broadcasting Corporation. On Wednesday 10 October 2001Secularist Muslim intellect…

Brain drain issue in Malaysia

Malaysiakini.com (http://www.malaysiakini.com) (1) Why talented Malaysians have to leave, 27 May 2009 by George Lee It has been two years since I left my adored country to seek fortune Down Under. A year ago, my family decided to settle …

Hans Küng in Malaysia

As for Prof. Hans Küng, please refer to‘Lily's Room' dated 20 June 2008 (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20080620). (Lily) Malaysiakini.com (http://www.malaysiakini.com) Hans Küng: Apostle of peace, 23 December 2005 by Josh Hong When th…

Muslim-Jewish relations

Common Ground News A Jewish oasis in the Arab world, 27 May 2009 (Source: Jewish Week, www.thejewishweek.com) by Walter Ruby Essaouira, Morocco - The Moroccan idyll I shared with my fiancée Tatyana began with a Passover evening service a…

IKIM’s view on Human Rights

1. The Star Online (http://thestar.com,my) Human rights shouldn’t impose on religions and cultures IKIM Views, 28 April 2009 by Dr WAN AZHAR WAN AHMAD Human rights should neither be made the basis to undermine the Constitution, nor be wors…

Mr. Obama’s speech in Cairo

Asia News.it(http://www.aisanews.it)Fr. Samir: Obama on Islam pleases, but there are some lies and silences, 5 June 2009 by Samir Khalil Samir An analysis of the US President’s speech by an expert on Islam and the Arab world. In general …

CCM News

Council of Churches of Malaysia (http://www.ccmalaysia.com) The Perak State Assembly sitting of 7th May The Council of Churches of Malaysia (CCM) is deeply troubled and concerned at the events that unfolded at the Perak State Assembly sitt…

Christianity in the Middle East

Holy Post (http://network.nationalpost.com) The war on Christianity in the Middle East, 4 June 2009 by Barbara Kay(bkay@videotron.ca) I once read a memorable scene in a book about the Nazi era in which an eager young member of the SS was t…

UN Human Rights issue in M’sia

Malaysiakini.com (http://www.malaysiakini.com) Freedom of religion or freedom of speech?, 18 May 2009 by Peter Singer Last month, the UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution condemning “defamation of religion” as a human rights viol…

Former Muslim scholar’s view

My Google Alert has just picked up this article below. The content seems nothing new and nothing positive about Islam, but the point is that it was written by a scholar of former Muslim. I wonder why those who renounced Islam reveal the ne…

Please remain quiet on the term

(1) The Malaysian Insider (http://www.themalaysianinsider.com)Church not allowed to use ‘Allah’ till court’s July 7 decision , 28 May 2009 By Debra Chong and Edward Cheah KUALA LUMPUR — The Catholic Church failed in its bid to get permissi…

‘Alla’ in Malta

The Malta Independent Online (fvella@independent.com.mt) Christianity during Arab rule by Francesca VllaA recently discovered document that the University of Malta will publish later this year shows that there was a Christian community w…