"Lily's Room"

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

Sarawak

About Jawi

(https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/opinion/2019/08/03/dispelling-public-ignorance-about-jawi/) Dispelling public ignorance about Jawi Elijah Hee (an FMT reader) 3 August 2019 The issue of introducing the teaching of Jawi script or…

Sarawak Christmas parade

Malay Mail(https://www.malaymail.com/s/1701440/) 10,000 Christians join Sarawak Christmas parade 8 December 2018 by Sulok Tawie KUCHING, Dec 8 — About 10,00 Christians from various denominations participated today in a colourful annual K…

DBP and the BM Bible (3)

1.The Malaysian Insight(http://www.themalaysianinsight.com/s/23755/)Dewan Bahasa Bible not Mais’ idea, says council head by Diyana Ibrahim 20 November 2017 THE proposal for Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP) to provide a translation of the Mal…

DBP and the BM Bible (2)

1.Free Malaysia Today (http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/)Sarawak DCM: Anyone can translate Bible, just not Mais 16 November 2017PETALING JAYA: Sarawak Deputy Chief Minister James Masing has no issue with the Bible being translated into Mal…

DBP and the BM Bible (1)

In the middle of 1990s, I asked Dewan Bahasa in Kuala Lumpur about the issue below and received an official letter from there. I presented it in my presentation in Japan around that time. Time passes, but nothing changed. For this topic, p…

Let’s close the ‘Allah’ issue

As for this persistent issue in Malaysia, please refer to my previous postings (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/archive?word=%A1%C6Allah%A1%C7%20issue&of=150)(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/archive?word=%A1%C6Allah%A1%C7%20issue&of=100)…

Jill Ireland Lawrence Bill (2)

Malaysia Chronicle(http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com/)By Right, Malays should be more intelligent but‘YA ALLAH’ … : Ban on Non-Malays using ‘ALLAH’returns to embarrass Malaysia 20 October,2017 by Zan Azlee A few years back, when I was wo…

Jill Ireland Lawrence Bill (1)

As for this issue, please refer to my previous postings (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/archive?word=%22Jill+Ireland+Lawrence+Bill%22). (Lily)The Malaysian Insight(http://www.themalaysianinsight.com/s/19199/)Christians who use ‘Allah’ …

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…

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 …

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…