"Lily's Room"

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

Entries from 2009-09-01 to 1 month

M’sian Christians on politics

The Malaysian Insider (http://www.themalaysianinsider.com) ‘Church groups speak up on politics’, 27 September 2009KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 26 — When the provocative cow's head protest took place last month, the Council of Churches Malaysia (CCM)…

Rasul Melayu

WorldWide Religeous News (http://wwrn.org) ("The Malaysian Insider") "‘Malay Prophet’ pleads guilty to deviationism", 24 September 2009 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – A deviationist sect leader, Abdul Kahar Ahmad, who had proclaimed himself to b…

Dr. Rowan Williams in Japan

Bible Society News Watch(newswatch@biblesociety.org.uk) Curb greed, seek the sacred, Archbishop tells Japan’s future leaders The world must re-examine ‘what has passed for rationality’ in habits of production and consumption, the Archbisho…

Hari Raya Aidilfitri

The Star Online (http://thestar.com.my) Muslims the world over celebrate Aidilfitri, 21 September 2009 A look at how Muslims around the world began celebrating Eid al-Fitr (Hari Raya Aidilfitri), a three-day feast that marks the end of the…

Language issue in Malaysia

Malaysiakini.com(http://www.malaysiakini.com) Why not maths and science in Bajau, Dusun, Iban too?, 15 July 2009 by Joe FernandezMalaysians in Sabah and Sarawak are unhappy with the anticipated disruptions to the teaching of maths and sc…

Muslims in America

Common Ground News Service (CGNews) More Americans know their Muslim neighbours, 11 September 2009 by Parvez Ahmed (associate professor of finance at the University of North Florida and a frequent commentator on the Muslim American experie…

Happy Birthday, Malaysia ! (2)

Daily Express (http://www.dailyexpress.com.my) 1,000 Christians nationwide at Sabah prayer 'do', 17 September 2009Kota Kinabalu: More than 1,000 Christians from various churches and centres nationwide gathered at the Sutera Harbour Resort'…

Happy Birthday, Malaysia ! (1)

Malaysiakini.com (http://www.malaysiakini.com) For better or for worse, Happy Birthday Malaysia, 16 September 2009 by Erna Mahyuni(a Malaysiakini team member) Every 16th of September, Sabahans remember Malaysia. It is a day of rest, remini…

8th anniversary of the 9.11

Common Ground News Service (CGNews)(http://www.commongroundnews.org) The legacy of 9/11, 8 September 2009 by Rebecca Cataldi ・ Rebecca Cataldi is a programme manager at the International Center for Religion & Diplomacy (ICRD) and a maste…

Recent news on the Bible

Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk) Fragment from world's oldest Bible found hidden in Egyptian monastery Academic stumbles upon previously unseen section of Codex Sinaiticus dating back to 4th century, 2 September 2009 by Jerome Ta…

Cow’s head issue in Malaysia

1. Malaysiakini.com (http://www.malaysiakini.com) (1) Temple demo: Residents march with cow's head, 28 August 2009 by Andrew OngSome 50 residents enraged with the proposed relocation of a Hindu temple to their area staged a noisy protest…

Messages for Malaysia

1. Micah mandate(http://www.themicahmandate.org)CHRISTIAN FEDERATION OF MALAYSIA MERDEKA 2009 MESSAGE, 28 August 2009 Together with all Malaysians we celebrate our 52nd National Day with the theme of 1Malaysia : People First. Performance N…

Al Islam and no action

Please see the previous articles like "Lily's Room" dated 14 August 2009.(Lily) Malaysiakini.com (http://www.malaysiakini.com) No action still on Al-Islam?, 4 September 2009 by Sudhagaran Stanley It has been two months since Joachim an…

Reading Islam (4)

Reading Islam (http://www.readingislam.com) Hans Küng on Prophet Muhammad (Part 4), 26 July 2009 by Mahmut Aydin ・Mahmut Aydin is an Associate Professor in the History of Religions and Interreligious Dialogue at the Faculty of Theology, O…

Reading Islam (3)

Reading Islam (http://www.readingislam.com)Kenneth Cragg on Muhammad's Prophethood (Part 3) , 7 July 2009 by Mahmut Aydin ・Mahmut Aydin is an Associate Professor in the History of Religions and Interreligious Dialogue at the Faculty of …

Reading Islam (2)

Reading Islam (http://www.readingislam.com) Contemporary Christian Evaluations of Muhammad's Prophethood William Montgomery Watt on Prophet Muhammad (Part 2), 21 June 2009 by Mahmut Aydin ・Mahmut Aydin is an Associate Professor in the His…

Reading Islam (1)

Reading Islam (http://www.readingislam.com) ・This article was excerpted from Encounters: Journal of Inter-Cultural Perspectives (Vol. 6, No. 1, March 2000, published by Islamic Foundation). It is being republished here with kind permi…