"Lily's Room"

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

Entries from 2014-10-01 to 1 month

Allah not Tuhan

How many times are they repeatedly talking about this issue since the early 1980s in Malaysia? (Lily) Loyar Burok(http://www.loyarburok.com) Why Allah And Not Tuhan?,19 April 2011Q: Why do Christians use the word ‘Allah’ in their Malay l…

Jewish life in Poland

Poland has a very complicated history. Very fortunately, the diplomatic and cultural relation between Poland and Japan has been cordial and good. (Lily) Tablet(http://tabletmag.com) Jewish Life in Poland on Display in Warsaw, 27 October 20…

Wise Israel

Japan Times (http://www.japantimes.co.jp)Why Israel isn’t losing sleep over Islamic State, 28 October 2014 by Dimi Reider Reuters LONDON – At first sight, it seems that Israel is just as preoccupied with the rise of Islamic State as anyone…

The Death of Klinghoffer

Tabletmag (http://tabletmag.com) Klinghoffer at the Met, 23 October 2014 John Adams’s masterpiece is about an American Jew murdered by Palestinian terrorists, but the real opera is off stage by Paul Berman The crowd of demonstrators outsid…

Israel issues & Alinsky tactics

As for "Spero" news/forum, please refer to my previous posting (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20141017). I have received a kind invitation by Mr. Martin Barillas, a former American diplomat, to write something for his website in 2008. (…

Will the West Prevail?

The title of this blog is in contrast with my previous posting (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20141023). This article is an interesting summary of the current turmoil and radical shifts in the world. However, I do not agree with the aut…

Mr. Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi(1)

Mr. Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi is one of my facebook friends via the Middle East Forum. I did not know that he is still 22 years old! So promising and so talented young researcher! As for him, please refer to my previous postings (http://d.hat…

Is the West losing?

As for the first author, please refer to my previous postings (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20120419)(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20120922)(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20140206)(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20140918). And…

Anti-Semitic books at Frankfurt

As for the third article, please bear in mind that most people in Japan tend to consider "Haaretz" as the most intellectual, quality-paper published in the Jewish State of Israel. (Lily) 1. Times of Israel(http://www.timesofisrael.com) A…

Mr.Lars Hedegaard vs. Turkey

As for Mr.Lars Hedegaard, please refer to my previous postings (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20071016)(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20130309)(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20130310)(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20130311)(htt…

Indonesia vs M’sia on “Allah”

This kind of news is nothing new. I have already presented the very original sources more than a decade ago in Japan. (Lily) Union of Asian Catholic News(http://www.ucanews.com) Muslims who believe ‘Allah’ exclusive to Islam are 'confused'…

Academic Boycotts of Israel

As for the "Spero" news/forum, please refer to my previous postings (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20080217)(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20080803)(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20110228)(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20111011…

Anti-Israel is meaningless

As for the first author, please refer to my previous postings (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20130604)(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20131209)(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20140604)(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20141004)(http…

Israeli Left & UNRWA

Algemeiner (http://www.algemeiner.com) (1) Sound and Fury on the Israeli Left , 14 October 2014 by Jerold S. Auerbach Anyone who is unfamiliar with the rhetoric of the Israeli left might want to check out responses from Peace Now and Haare…

Islamophobia/Stealth-Islamism

As for the first article (1), please refer to my Japanese translation (http://www.danielpipes.org/14579/). As for the first article (2), please refer to (http://www.danielpipes.org/1841/stealth-islamist-khaled-abou-el-fadl). Gradually, eve…

Mr. Ibn Warraq

As for Mr. Ibn Warraq, please refer to my previous postings (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20071016)(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20090222)(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20090615)(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20111216)(http:/…

Mr. Raymond Ibrahim (2)

As for Mr. Raymond Ibrahim, please refer to my previous postings (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20140701)(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20140808). (Lily) Raymond Ibrahim (http://www.raymondibrahim.com) (1) Misinterpreting the Quran: …

Sukkot Guide

As for this useful ‘Guide for the Perplexed', please refer to my previous posting(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20141004). Now we learned the deep, logical, Biblical meanings of Shavuot, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Sukott on this blo…

Swedish S-D Government

The point is that even Mr. Isaac Herzog, a leader of the Labor Party in Israel appeals not to recognize a Palestinian state. (Lily) Algemeiner(http://www.algemeiner.com) Anger Grows Over Swedish Government Funding for Anti-Zionist Groups A…

Changing American Church

If the trend is the case like below, the Japanese will gradually fade away from Christianity in Japan, which has only 0.8% of the population. (Lily) WorldWide Religious News(http://wwrn.org) The Changing Face of the American Church by Bo…

Disputes, debates & discussions

As for Mr. Andrew Harrod, please refer to my previous postings (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20130419)(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20130919). As for Mr.Steven Rosen, please refer to my other previous postings (http://d.hatena.ne.j…

Guide for the Perplexed

The ‘Guide for the Perplexed’ series by former Israeli Ambassador Yoram Ettinger are very useful and enlightened to understand the core essence of the each Biblical message for me as a non-Jewish, strayed sheep. See: (http://d.hatena.ne.jp…

Will China be really a winner?

Gloria Center (http://www.gloria-center.org)(Fall 2014)TEN YEARS LATER: WHO WON THE IRAQ WAR, THE US OR CHINA?, 28 September 2014 by Mordechai Chaziza Many news sources have announced that the answer to the question of who won the Iraq war…

Politics of Bible translations

Patheos (http://www.patheos.com) The Politics of Bible Translations, 1 October 2014 by Scot McKnight The Bible you carry is a political act. By “Bible” I mean the Translation of the Bible you carry is a political act. Because the Bible you…

Other lessons we can learn

1. Algemeiner (http://www.algemeiner.com) (1) World Must Understand That Anti-Semitism is a Universal Problem, Israeli Envoy Tells The Algemeiner (INTERVIEW) , 30 September 2014 “Anti-Semitism is not a Jewish problem. It concerns Jews, but…