"Lily's Room"

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

Malaysia

Atheists in Malaysia

Patheos(http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/08/08/malaysian-government-official-we-need-to-hunt-down-atheists/)Malaysian Government Official: “We Need to Hunt Down” Atheists 8 August 2017 by Hemant Mehta The other day, I post…

Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s roots

MSN(http://www.msn.com/en-my/news/other/iskandar-is-mahathir%e2%80%99s-grandfather-not-father-says-marina/ar-AAp8zJu?li=BBr8Hnu&ocid=TSHDHP)Iskandar is Mahathir’s grandfather, not father, says Marina PETALING JAYA: Deputy Prime Minister …

Syariah Criminal System

The Malay Mail Online (http://www.themalaymailonline.com/) Hadi contradicting himself on Constitution with Shariah Bill, interfaith group says 31 July 2017 KUALA LUMPUR, July 31 — The Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism, Christianit…

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…

Scapegoat evangelicalism

Free Malaysia Today(http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/)Centhra’s fondness to scapegoat evangelicalism? 4 July 2017 Faulting local Christians as the cause of Muslims converting, and calling for a ban on evangelical groups, seems to be an a…

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 …

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…

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…

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…

Linguistic diversity in Malaysia

This confusion is endless in Malaysia. I started a brief research about this issue in the early 1990s. And it still continues. (Lily) The Star(http://www.thestar.com.my/)Reflecting On The Law 10 December 2015 Adenan’s bold move to restor…

No Shariah law in Sabah

Malay Mail Online(http://www.themalaymailonline.com/)No to Shariah law in pluralistic Sabah, state’s Christians say KOTA KINABALU, July 26 ― Sabahan Christians are against the imposition of Shariah law in the state and want freedom of re…