"Lily's Room"

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

Entries from 2010-03-01 to 1 month

JAKIM’s view on the ‘Allah’issue

JAKIM (http://www.islam.gov.my) Tarikh : 09 Mei 2008 Sumber : Pengarah Bahagian Keurusetiaan & Perhubungan Antarabangsa Editor : PRO JAKIM Kalimah Allah Khusus Untuk Agama Dan Umat Islam Sahaja Jawatankuasa Fatwa (JKF) Majlis Kebangsaan Ba…

Changing the Malay mindset

The Malaysian Insider (http://www.themalaysianinsider.com) Changing the Malay mindset, 30 March 2010 by Farah Fahmy MARCH 30 — As a Malaysian overseas, one of the ways in which I keep myself up-to-date with what’s going on in the Motherlan…

Different history of the Bible

NYDaily News.com (http://www.nydailynews.com)Learn a different history of the Bible at the Museum of Biblical Art, 29 March 2010 by Clem Richardson (crichardson@nydailynews.com) Related NewsPols make an Intrepid push to land shuttle for In…

Racial tensions harm Malaysia

Straits Times (http://www.straitstimes.com) Racial tensions harm M'sia , 27 March 2010 KUALA LUMPUR- MALAYSIA'S influential former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Saturday he was concerned that increasing racial friction could dest…

A caricature of the Prophet

Malaysiakini.com (http://www.malaysiakini.com) KL urges action against 'despicable' Swedish cartoon, 14 March 2010Malaysia has urged the Swedish government to act against three newspapers that reprinted a caricature of the Prophet Mohammed…

Reading Islam (5)

As for the previous "Reading Islam" (1)-(4), please refer to the "Lily's Room" dated 1, 2, 3 and 4 September 2009 respectively. (Lily) Reading Islam (http://www.readingislam.com) Contemporary Christian Evaluations of Muhammad's Prophethood…

Views from the other side

Pakistan observer (http://pakobserver.net) Christian soldiers, Views From Abroad, 22 March 2010 by Robert Wright Last Friday night a New York Times headline underwent an online transformation. The article formerly known as “A Christian Ove…

Christianity faces Islam

First Things (http://www.firstthings.com)Christianity Face to Face with Islam ,January 2009 by Robert Louis Wilken No event during the first millennium was more unexpected, more calamitous, and more consequential for Christianity than the…

The ‘Allah’ issue and its reason

The ‘Allah' issue seems to be still debatable mainly due to the lack of the true experts of the Bible translation and the academic personnel in Malaysia. The policies which accelerate discrimination against the non-Malay, non-Muslim popula…

Nonie Darwish’s opinion

Front Page Mag.com (http://frontpagemag.com) Terror Arrests and the “Misunderstood” Religion , 22 October 2009 by Nonie Darwish Today we have yet another terror-related arrest of a Muslim, Tarek Mehanna, who was plotting jihad terror attac…

Christians in Sabah

Union of Catholic Asian News (http://www.ucanews.com) MALAYSIA Archdiocese strives to live out its vision of Church, 15 October 2009 UCAN Interview BANGKOK (UCAN) -- In his 22 years as prelate of Kota Kinabalu, Archbishop John Lee Hiong Fu…

Catholics in Sabah

Union of Catholic Asian News (http://www.ucanews.com) ‘Strength of the Church lies in small communities’, 7 October 2009UCAN Interview SANDAKAN, Malaysia (UCAN) -- Building Basic Ecclesial Communities (BECs) is the main program Bishop Juli…

St. Mary’s Cathedral in KL

Articles-R-Free.com (http://www.articles-r-free.com) St Mary's Cathedral Is A Popular Kuala Lumpur Church(http://www.articles-r-free.com/rss.php?rss=190) by Lance Thorington Submitted 2010-02-18 St Mary's Cathedral is a Kuala Lumpur Church…

Translations of the Quran

Malaysiakini (http://www.malaysiakini.com) Mandarin, Tamil translations of al-Quran available soon, 4 March 2010 The Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim) will publish the Al-Quran translation in Mandarin and Tamil languages for…

The points of the ‘Allah’ issue

The Malaysian Insider (http://www.themalaysianinsider.com) (1) When "Allah" was not the only word banned, 10 March 2010 by Debra ChongKUALA LUMPUR, March 10 — Allah is not the only word banned by the Home Ministry from use by non-Muslims. …

Sabah church and the lawsuit

As for the full articles of (1), (2), and (3), please refer to my previous postings dated 25 December 2007 (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20071225) and 17 January 2008 (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20080117) respectively. (Lily)Mala…

Archbishop accepts apology

The Malaysian Insider (http://www.themalaysianinsider.com) Archbishop accepts apology, not suing Al Islam, 8 March 2010 by Debra Chong Archbishop Tan Sri Murphy Pakiam today accepted the public apology by the Al-Islam magazine for a May 20…

Al Islam apologized Catholics

1. BBC News (http://news.bbc.co.uk) (1) Muslim 'disrespect' angers Church , 5 March 2010 The Roman Catholic Church in Malaysia has criticised the authorities for not pressing charges against two Muslim journalists who took Holy Communion. …

Al Islam and the Christian side

Please refer to my previous posting dated 25 February 2010. (Lily) The Star (http://thestar.com.my) Archbishop wants apology over desecration, 4 March 2010 KUALA LUMPUR: The Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur Tan Sri Murphy Pakiam has expressed hi…

Catholic Kim, a figure skater

Asia News.it (http://www.asianews.it) KOREA - Figure skating queen brings Catholics pride, 2 March 2010 Stella Kim Yu-na after her baptism SEOUL (UCAN) — Catholics in Korea were overjoyed to see Stella Kim Yu-na make the sign of the cross …

Tension is high in Jerusalem

AsiaNews.it (http://www.asianews.it) Tension remains high in Jerusalem after yesterday's incidents, 1 March 2010 The Israeli police is strengthening its presence around Temple Mount. The Palestinian government meets in Hebron. Harsh reacti…