"Lily's Room"

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

Entries from 2012-01-01 to 1 month

Holocaust Memorial Day

Ekklesia (http://www.ekklesia.co.uk) (1) Holocaust Memorial Day marked across Britain, 28 January 2012 by staff writers Hundreds of events to mark Holocaust Memorial Day took place as part of the worldwide commemoration on Friday 27 Januar…

Christians, apostasy, and OA

1. Malaysia Insider (http://www.themalaysianinsider.com) Hasan Ali: Christians going undercover to convert Muslims, 28 January 2012KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 28 — Former Selangor Islamic affairs executive councillor Datuk Hasan Ali claimed today Ch…

Christian threat and Islam?

The Malaysian Insider(http://www.themalaysianinsider.com) Perkasa: Bigger Christian threat with MB Khalid in charge of Islam, 24 January 2012 by Shazwan Mustafa KamalKUALA LUMPUR, Jan 24 — Perkasa today warned of renewed efforts by Chris…

Muslim-Christian relations

This type of writing should be carefully read between the lines. (Lily)The American Muslim (http://theamericanmuslim.org) Muhammad Liked Christians, Muslims Should Too , 18 January 2012 by Dr. David LiepertI have a lot of great friends fro…

Islam and Christian persecution

1. WorldWide Religious News (http://wwrn.org) Mideast Christians face widening persecution, 13 January 2012 by John J. Metzler ("The Korea Times," January 13, 2012) Though it’s the birthplace of Christianity in ancient times, the modern Mi…

Catholic Bishop and PM Najib

1. Malaysiakini(http://www.malaysiakini.com)Bishop calls on PM to match words with deeds, 18 January 2012 by Terence NettoCatholic Bishop Dr Paul Tan Chee Ing said citizens of goodwill would not hesitate to support Prime Minister Najib R…

A book review (8)

As for the same book below, please refer to my previous postings dated 22 August 2010, 8 September 2010, 2 October 2010, 16 October 2010, 29 October 2010, 28 November 2010, 23 April 2011 respectively. (Lily) (http://galvestondailynews.com…

Language and religion in M’sia

Malaysiakini(http://www.malaysiakini.com) (1) Arabic is not tied to a particular religion, 10 January 2012 by Kevin Chin I am really appalled by the politicisation of our schools and all public institutions and the various applications o…

Dr. J. Esposito and Dr. D. Pipes

On 20 December 2011, I went to listen to Prof. Dr. John L. Esposito's two lectures (altogether for three hours) under the titles ‘The Role and Future of Religion in Global Politics’ and ‘The Role of Religion in American Politics’ held at a…

Salman Rushdie, etc.

1. Union of Catholic Asian News (http://www.ucanews.com) Muslim protests can’t stop Salman Rushdie’s India trip, 11 January 2012 by Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury and Naziya Alvi The Muslim world declared a fatwa on the writer Salman Rushdie in 19…

‘Allah’ issue by Dr. Daniel Pipes

The old articles below were the ones I happened to find just yesterday on the Dr. Daniel Pipes' official website. I searched ‘Malaysia’ among his numerous articles and found that he had dealt with the ‘Allah’ issue regarding Malaysia at le…

Inter-religious harmony in M’sia

1. The Star(http://thestar.com.my)RM50,000 annual grant for Penang's inter-religious council, 7 January 2012 GEORGE TOWN: The state government will give a RM50,000 annual grant to the Penang Chapter of the Malaysian Consultative Council …

Christianity in crisis

1. Worldwide Religious News (http://wwrn.org) No Religion: U.K. Christians Lose Ground As Unbelief Grows, 4 January 2012 by Al Webb ("Huffington Post," January 4, 2012) London, England - Christians in England and Wales are losing ground …

PM Najib and Church leaders(3)

1. Malaysiakini (http://www.malaysiakini.com) (1)Non-Muslim affairs ministry sought at PM-Christians meet, 4 January 2012 In his second luncheon with the Christian leaders since last May, Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak was today asked …

PM Najib and Church leaders(2)

1. Malaysiakini(http://www.hatena.ne.jp) Church leaders led round the bush again, 5 January 2012 by Terence Netto COMMENT Christian church leaders were once again led a merry dance around the bush when Prime Minister Najib Razak hosted a…

Why change of the history?

I have been worried about this kind of current trend in academia and school education in the Western countries as well as certain Muslim countries like Malaysia. In order for us to be counterbalanced, you may want to read the books below, …

PM Najib and Church leaders(1)

Malaysian Insider(http://www.themalaysianinsider.com) (1) Najib temui pemimpin gereja ‘terpilih’ hari ini, dijangka bincangkan isu berbangkit, 4 Januari 2012 oleh Debra ChongKUALA LUMPUR, 4 Jan — Datuk Seri Najib Razak akan menjadi tuan …

Christianity under Islam

Dr. Ng Kam Weng's articles are really insightful and interesting to read. Readers who do not know well about Malaysia might as well decline an instant judgement on his writings like ‘Why are some evangelicals so fearful about Islam?' or ‘C…

New Year 2012 begins with.....

1. The Malaysian Insider(http://www.themalaysianinsider.com) Why bully a pastor? — Shanker, 1 January 2012 JAN 1 — So, the latest act by Ibrahim Ali and his band of Perkasa men is to lodge a police report against Reverend Dr Eu Hong Seng…