"Lily's Room"

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

Entries from 2012-09-01 to 1 month

Hudud understanding

Malaysiakini(http://www.malaysiakini.com) Hudud, a misunderstood Islamic law, 27 September 2012 by Othman TalibIslamic Syariah is a method made by Allah SWT to regulate Islamic life in the light of Holy al-Quran and pure Sunnah. Unless i…

UNRWA issue (1)

I personally have had a question on the UNRWA for a long time in comparison with the UNHCR. I was interested in the latter organization especially because Dr.Ogata Sadako had served as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from…

Jewish refugees from Arab lands

Jerusalem Center for Pablic Affairs(http://jcpa.org) The Jewish Exodus from Arab Lands:Toward Redressing Injustices on All Sides, 11 September 2012 by Aharon Mor and Orly RahimiyanVol. 12, No. 21 11 September 2012  For over 2,500 years,…

Let’s be fully modern human!

It seems to me that recent Dr. Robert Hunt has been ‘more realistic’than before when he had been working in Malaysia as a Methodist missionary in the 1980s and the 1990s. I once heard him confessing to a Malaysian Christian scholar that he…

Malaysian reactions to the film

Malaysiakini(http://www.malaysiakini.com) 'So some protests are indeed part of M'sian culture?', 23 September 2012 ‘Oh silly me, there are two laws in Malaysia. Umno can protest but not Pakatan or us, the rakyat.'Rival parties protest ag…

The late Edward Said’s influence

As for the late Professor Edward Said, please refer to my previous posting dated 26 February 2012 (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20120226). (Lily) Tabletmag(http://www.tabletmag.com) How Orientalism Shaped Obama The White House’s re…

Anti-Islamic film and Malaysia

1. CNS News(http://cnsnews.com) Islamic Bloc Revives Drive to Outlaw ‘Religious Defamation’ Worldwide, 20 September 2012 by Patrick Goodenough(CNSNews.com) A decade-old but temporarily-shelved push by Islamic governments to universally o…

Prof. Emeritus Bernard Lewis (5)

As for this topic, please refer to my previous posting dated 30 August 2012 (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20120830). (Lily)The Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com) “Notes on a Century: Reflections of a Middle East Historia…

Anti-Islam film

1. Jerusalem Post (http://www.jpost.com) Official doubts anti-Islam film creator's identity, 12 September 2012 by Tom Tugend, JPost Correspondent, ReutersHigh-ranking Israeli official in LA says no one is familiar with Sam Bacile, expresse…