"Lily's Room"

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

Entries from 2014-01-01 to 1 year

Dennis Prager’s lessons

1.(http://www.dennisprager.com/worst-sin/) The Worst Sin, 23 December 2014 The Ten Commandments is the most morally influential piece of legislation ever written. To give a good idea of how relevant each of the ten is, take the third comma…

They are too Jewish

Tablet(http://tabletmag.com) My Jewish Feminist Problem, 16 December 2014 Why my sisters can’t think straight about Israel by Phyllis Chesler These days, Israel is far too dangerous a word to pronounce in a Western intellectual or social…

Orang Asli Christians

As for this topic, please refer to my previous postings (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/archive?word=Orang+Asli+)(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/archive?word=Orang%20Asli%20&of=50). (Lily) Malay Mail Online(http://www.themalaymailonlin…

Kosher/Halal Slaughter

Tablet(http://tabletmag.com) Poland Overturns Kosher/Halal Slaughter Ban , 18 December 2014 Constitutional Court rules that ban violates religious freedom by Yair RosenbergThis past week, Jews and Muslims across Poland breathed a sigh of…

The U.S. ambassador to Israel

Algemeiner(http://www.algemeiner.com) The Arrogance of Martin Indyk, 16 December 2014 During an old controversy involving Martin Indyk, then the U.S. ambassador to Israel, one Israeli political official invoked a particularly nasty histo…

No to Islamization in Germany

As for this topic, please refer to my previous posting (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20121103)(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20130509). (Lily) Gatestone Institute(http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4951/germans-islamization-pegida)…

Music banning in Malaysia?

The‘gong or kompang’are used in the Malay traditional ceremonial or folk music for certain events, which sounded (to me) very simple, kampong-like songs. By the way, there was a National Orchestra in Malaysia in the 1990s. (Lily) Jihad Wat…

Sin of Survival

Tablet(http://tabletmag.us1.list-manage.com) The Unforgivable Sin of Survival Only now, years after he survived Auschwitz, can we hear the alienation and fury of H.G. Adler’s newly translated ‘Shoah Trilogy’, 10 December 2014 by Adam Kir…

Putin’s Russia

Tablet(http://tabletmag.com) Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible in Putin’s Russia, 9 December 2014 The post-Soviet, postmodern illiberal kleptocracy as a harbinger and warning bell for—the West? by Ann Marlowe Peter Pomerantsev a…

Anti-Anti-Zionist

Tablet(http://tabletmag.com) The Great Jewish American Liberal Academic Anti-Anti-Zionist Freak-Out, 2 December 2014 ‘The Case Against Academic Boycotts of Israel’ shows how the boycott movement is more significant than its achievements …

Self-centered leadership

This 30+&-year-long issue was originally rooted in a weak, self-centered leadership of the Christian community in Malaysia. (Lily) 1. The Malaysian Insider(http://www.themalaysianinsider.com) Christians cry foul after seized Bibles stamped…

Presbyterian, UNRWA, Israel

As for the Presbyterian Church, please refer to my previous posting (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20140630). As for UNRWA, please refer to my other postings (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/archive?word=UNRWA). (Lily) 1. Algemeiner (h…

Islamists and Israelophobia

1.Gatestone Institute(http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4921/germany-france-suicide) Will Germany Abolish Itself and France Commit Suicide? by Peter Martino 3 December 2014Sarrazin wrote that Islamic immigrants threaten Germany's freedom…

UN, UNRWA & the Palestinians

Algemeiner(http://www.algemeiner.com) The UN and Unequal Justice: The Case for Jewish Refugees From Arab Countries, 2 December 2014The UN marked the 67th anniversary of the UN Partition Resolution of November 29, 1947, with an Internationa…

Islam, Zionism, and Israel

As for this Dutch Roman Catholic Bishop, he seemed to be deeply confused in his statement. Did he know about the Malaysian situation regarding the 34-year-old "Allah" issue? Did he learn about the translation history of the Bible in the Mu…

Nothing has changed

This is old news, but nothing has basically changed in Malaysia. (Lily) Malaysiakini(http://www.malaysiakini.com) An Xmas card to my prime minister, 25 December 2012 by Bob Teoh The Rt Hon Prime Minister,Shalom and Yuletide greetings of pe…

Israel must be a Jewish State

Algemeiner(http://www.algemeiner.com) (1) Why Israel Must be a Jewish State, 27 November 2014 by Moshe Phillips and Benyamin KornIsrael’s cabinet has approved legislation to officially define the country as the nation-state of the Jewish…

Significant setback in Malaysia

Union of Catholic Asian News(http://www.ucanews.com) Malaysia's Najib reverses vow to scrap controversial sedition law, 27 November 2014 Opposition leader, rights watchdog say the move is a significant setback Malaysia's prime minister on …

Facing the reality in Judaism

Tablet(http://tabletmag.com) (1)Discovering the Lust in a Religious Man’s Heart, 25 November 2014 When I found pornography in my Talmudic mentor’s desk, I felt betrayed. What did it say about him—or about all of us? by Simon Yisrael Feue…

The Nazi and Islam

Tablet(http://tabletmag.com) The Nazi Romance With Islam Has Some Lessons for the United States, 24 November 2014 Two new important histories look at Hitler’s fascination with Islam and Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey by David Miki…

Faithful to Islam

As for this author, please refer to my previous postings (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20120111)(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20120205)(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20131103)(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20140218)(http://d.…

A Palestinian State? Not yet!

I met this author on 10 April 2014 and read his semi-autobiographical book in Spanish after that event. Please refer to my previous posting (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20140716). (Lily)The Times (http://www.thetimes.co.uk) Recognisin…

Israel and the West are victims!

1. Algemeiner (http://www.algemeiner.com) Talk is Cheap: U.S. Response to Jerusalem Synagogue Attack Disappoints, 20 November 2014 by Stephen M.Flatow JNS.org – The scenario has been repeated more times than I can remember: Palestinian ter…

Palestinian attacks in Israel

To the best of my knowledge, the mainline Japanese media seldom report these attacks against the Jewish Israelis in Israel. Stop funding to the Palestinians immediately! (Lily) Investigative Project(http://www.investigativeproject.org) P…

Dutch officials vs. Israelis

1. Gatestone Institute (http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org) Dutch Officials Demonize Israelis, 17 November 2014 by Timon Dias (http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4868/dutch-officials-demonize-israelis) The truth is that there has never been …

Review and summary of Alkitab

Loyar Burok(http://www.loyarburok.com) Why Allah And Not Tuhan?, 19 April 2011 by NH Chan Q: Why do Christians use the word ‘Allah’ in their Malay language Bible and not ‘Tuhan’? A: It is because Christians, Jews and Muslims worship the …

Bibles returned, wasted time

1.Malay Mail Online(http://www.themalaymailonline.com) (1) Selangor returns seized bibles to Christian group, 14 November 2014KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 14 — The Pakatan Rakyat Selangor government returned today the Christian bibles containing the …

Habermas, Australia and Paris

1.Tablet (http://tabletmag.com) (1) The Jewish Exiles Return to Germany, 12 November 2014 Jürgen Habermas recalls philosophers and sociologists of Jewish background as returnees in the early Federal Republic Of Germany by Jürgen Habermas O…

Malaysian Constitutional issue

As for Dr. Ng Kam Weng, please refer to my long list of his writings (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/archive?word=%22Ng%20Kam%20Weng%22&of=50)(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/archive?word=%22Ng+Kam+Weng%22). (Lily) Liberty Sentinel(htt…

Kissinger & Danny Danon

As for the second article by Mr. Danny Danon, please refer to my previous postings (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20130923)(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20140116). (Lily) Algemeiner(http://www.algemeiner.com) (1) Kissinger: Israel…