"Lily's Room"

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

Muslim

Pakistani asylum seekers

For this topic, please refer to my previous posting (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20170720). (Lily) Japan Times(http://www.japantimes.co.jp/) Despair engulfs Pakistani asylum seekers Refugee family victim of Japan's politicized immigra…

Lessons from Europe

As for this interviewee, please refer to my previous poistings (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/archive?word=%22Douglas+Murray%22). (Lily) Investigative Project(https://www.investigativeproject.org/6422/)Lessons from Europe's Immigrant …

Pakistani Muslims in Japan

1. (http://www.muslimpopulation.com/asia/Japan/Islam%20in%20Japan_aq.php)・If they are dark-skinned and bearded, then they may face more problems.・Nevertheless, Muslims face some special problems, especially those who are more devout and …

Time for the House of Saud

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/) Time for the House of Saud to unveil new burst of reform by Dr.…

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…

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…

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? (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…

Whither Europe?

Mr. Douglas Murray's new book was released on 2 May 2017 and it became immediately one of the bestsellers in the UK. I wonder why the Amazon.com (USA) and the Amazon.co.jp (Japan) are so slow in its schedule of selling it in September this…

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…

Where’s a national cohesion?

I met this author three times in 2014, 2015, and 2016 in New York City, Negev-Israel, and Europe (Paris, Berlin, and Stockholm) respectively. As for the so-called humanitarian assistance for the refugees, we have to make a distinction betw…

Saudi Arabia’s message

As for this author, please refer to my previous postings(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/archive?word=Douglas+Murray). I am bit surprised to learn that he wrote for this publication as well. (Lily) The Sun(https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/…

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…

Islam’s women

As for this author, please refer to 9 pieces on my previous posting list (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/archive?word=%22Ida+Lichter%22). (Lily) “Spectator Australia”(https://spectator.com.au/) Islam’s women by Dr. Ida Lichter 4 March …

Muslim Reform Movement

As for Ms Raheel Raza, please refer to my previous postings (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20161005)(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20161021). (Lily) Jihad Watch(https://www.jihadwatch.org/) Muslim Reform Group Reached Out to 3,000 …

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…

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…

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…

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)(…

‘Social Cancer’?

As for this controversial professor, please refer to my previous postings (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20120113)(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/archive?word=%22John+Esposito%22). (Lily)Campus Watch(http://www.campus-watch.org/artic…

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…

Reformers’ challenge in Islam

As for this author, please refer to my previous postings (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/archive?word=Ida+Lichter). By the way, I met Ms.Raheel Raza, an active Pakistani Sunni Muslim lady from Canada who founded ‘The Council for Muslims …

Give moderates a voice

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/) Give moderates a voice to counter the march of radical Islam by…

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…

Islam will conquer Europe

Campus Watch (http://www.campus-watch.org/article/id/15966)Islam's "Quiet Conquest" of Europe [incl. Tariq Ramadan] by Giulio Meotti Gatestone Institute 10 August 2016 •"Islam is a French religion and the French language is a language of I…

Conundrum in Europe

Tablet(http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/209243/)by Clemens Heni On March 13, there were state elections in three German states: Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate, and Saxony-Anhalt. In all three states, the biggest…