"Lily's Room"

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

Christian

15 Muslim groups attack a book

Free Malaysia Today(http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/)Muslim NGOs accuse Hannah Yeoh of proselytising through book FMT Reporters 25 September 2017 Police report filed against Selangor speaker over autobiography by Muslim NGOs who questio…

Another Nonie Darwish

This story was recently sent to me by an American Jewish gentleman in the USA. It reminds me of Nonie Darwish. See: (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/archive?word=Nonie+Darwish)(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily/archive?word=Nonie+Darwish). …

Is IIUM confident?

Free Malaysia Today(http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/)Christian leaders should engage with mainstream Muslims, forum told 8 July 2017 Nur Khairah Alegria SunerThe recent call to ban Christian evangelicalism shows misunderstanding about t…

Liberation Theology again (2)

This is a continuation of the previous blogs (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20170703)(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20170704)(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20170706). They are excerpts. (Lily)The Battle of Puebla The meeting at Pu…

Liberation Theology again (1)

This is a continuation of the previous blogs (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20170703)(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20170704). They are excerpts. (Lily) Structuralist Anti-Capitalism, Grass-roots Communities, and the Hermeneutic of P…

Gustavo Gutierrez

This is a continuation of the yesterday's blog (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20170703). (Lily) Gustavo Gutierrez and the Critique of Developmentalism By the last half of the sixties it was apparent that the millennium was not about to …

Whither Liberation Theology?

(https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?recnum=10281)Whither Liberation Theology? A Historical Evaluation by Paul E. Sigmund Sophia Institute, January 1, 1987 What is liberation theology? Why has a relatively new theolo…

United Church of Christ

Jihad Watch(https://www.jihadwatch.org/) United Church of Christ Congregation: Islam More Progressive than Christianity 30 June 2017 by Andrew Harrod “One of the real gifts that Islam brings is an understanding of what it is to have a co…

Liberation theology (2)

From wikipedia about Liberation Theology (excerpts) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_theology)・Liberation theology is an interpretation of Christian theology which emphasises a concern for the liberation of the oppressed. ・The…

Liberation theology (1)

As for this topic, please refer to my previous postings (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/archive?word=Liberation+theology). (Lily)The Guardian(https://www.theguardian.com/world/)Catholic church warms to liberation theology as founder he…

Is Christianisation danger?

As I wrote many times in the past, this kind of story has been occurring repeatedly in Malaysia. See my previous postings(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20170616)(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20170618) (Lily) The Malaysian Insight(h…

Outlaw Evangelicalism? (2)

The Malay Mail Online(http://www.themalaymailonline.com/)Church group urges govt to act against writer, Utusan mooting ‘anti-evangelicalism laws’ Kuala Lumpur 16 June 2017 Calling it an “attack” on Christians, the National Evangelical Ch…

Outlaw Evangelicalism? (1)

Such kind of news are not new to me at all. It has been repeatedly occurring for more than a few decades in Malaysia. The point is that if the Muslim side wants to ban the Christian evangelism, then Muslims should ban their Da'wa movement …

Londonistan still continues

1.The Times(https://www.thetimes.co.uk/) 13 June 2017 Only Brexit can save our values from an abyss by Melanie Phillips The EU’s surrender to mass migration has increased division while stifling dissenting voicesEvery so often, something…

Are Christians disappearing?

I have read this kind of sentence many a time since the 1980s in the Malaysian newspapers and booklets: ‘Malaysia's image as a liberal and tolerant Islamic country is increasingly fading’. (Lily) Christian Post(http://www.christianpost.co…

Muslims in Christian schools

1. The Telegraph(http://www.telegraph.co.uk/)Muslim parents sending their children to Christian schools to prepare them for 'life in modern Britain' by Camilla Turner, EDUCATION EDITOR 20 February 2017 Muslim parents are sending their ch…

Quaker education for Israel

As for this author, please refer to my previous posting list (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/archive?word=%22Asaf+Romirowsky%22). I met him on 10 April 2014 in New York City. (Lily) (http://www.romirowsky.com/19718/) The Nature of Quak…

Trump’s immigration ban

As for this author, please refer to my previous quotes of him (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/archive?word=%22Douglas+Murray%22). I met him during our Europe trip in September and October 2016. See also:(http://itunalily.jp/wordpress/). …

Pakistani Prime Minister

Malaysia Sun(http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/250849827)Pak PM for safeguarding rights of religious minorities, 12 January 2017 Katas Raj (Punjab) [Pakistan], jan 12 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has assured of safe…

Debunked by the Vatican

Herald Malaysia(http://www.heraldmalaysia.com/)No, Pope Francis didn't say Christianity and Islam should merge Widely shared quotes attributed to Pope Francis, in which he advocates for a merging of the religions of Christianity and Isla…

UN Human Rights Council

As for this author, please refer to my previous postings(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/archive?word=Ida+Lichter+). (Lily) The Australian(http://www.theaustralian.com.au/) New UN boss Antonio Guterres needs to treat UNHRC decay By Dr…

Toledot Yeshu

Tablet(http://www.tabletmag.com/)The Jewish Jesus Story In the mysterious and controversial ancient Hebrew text ‘Toledot Yeshu,’ a counterlife of the Nazarene ‘bastard, son of a menstruant’ that criticizes Jews as much as Christians by E…

The dark side of Christmas

Malay Mail Online(http://www.themalaymailonline.com/) The dark side of Christmas, 23 December 2016 DECEMBER 23 ― Many people forget that Christmas actually started with the massacre of babies. The Jewish King Herod, like most people with…

Primates’ Christmas Message

As for this Malaysian Archbishop of Anglican Church, please refer to my previous postings (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/archive?word=%22Ng%20Moon%20Hing%22&of=50)(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/archive?word=%22Ng+Moon+Hing%22). (Lily…

Legacy of the late Edward Said

Middle East Quaterly(http://www.meforum.org/6400/celebrating-orientalism)"Celebrating" Orientalism by Richard Landes Middle East Quarterly Winter 2017 Whether one views the impact of Edward Said (1935-2003) on academia as a brilliant tri…

Alberto M. Fernandez

I have quoted MEMRI articles translated into Japanese for a long time on my Japanese blogs(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily/archive?word=%A5%E1%A5%E0%A5%EA&of=100)(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily/archive?word=%A5%E1%A5%E0%A5%EA&of=50)(…

Alinskyian faith activists

Spero Forum(http://www.speroforum.com/a/MLGCJAZZXD41/79171)Alinskyian faith activists pass the torch to new generation to redefine Christian thinking 28 October 2016 by Stephanie Block Recently, Interfaith Justice Worker (IWJ)– an Alinsk…

Conundrum in Germany

I visited Berlin last month and went briefly to a Christian church where some Muslim converts to Christianity stayed. It was a short visit, so I could not learn more details about them. My question: Are they authentic Christians or just te…

The 15th 9.11

As for this topic, please refer to my previous postings(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20070911)(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20090911)(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20110909)(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20130912). (Lily) MEM…

Coptic Church in Egypt

Ahram (http://english.ahram.org.eg/) New Egyptian church building law to provide permits faster Egyptian Christians have long complained of having to wait years to get licences to build or renovate churches by Ayat Al Tawy 11 Aug 2016A lon…