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Wise, visionary people looking forward: Seventeen Muslim non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and 13 Christian NGOs in Pahang met today to seek consensus in addressing the issue of attacks on houses of worship which have been occurring of late. Among the NGOs involved were the Malaysian Islamic Youth Movement (Abim), Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia, All-Malaysia Federation of Muslim Undergraduates, the [...] I was finally able to pen down some longer thoughts on the Allah issue in an article – “Allah,” 1Syaitan, Pride and Prejduice. Reading the comments, which I accept open heartedly, I think I am even more compelled to conclude as such: If both sides insist on regarding this as a proxy war for larger issues, everyone [...] Just a note to say I hope that through this all, we won’t get riled up easily. I wouldn’t believe of any SMS’es about car smashings or such unless I saw a picture of one next to today’s newspaper. I know things are tense and emotions high, but this is not a time to let fear [...] Malaysiakini: A church has been fire-bombed in an attack that gutted its ground floor, church officials said, escalating a dispute over the use of the word ‘Allah’ by non-Muslims. Al least four other churches are also believed to have been attacked in the last 12 hours in the Klang Valley, including the Assumption Church in Petaling Jaya. A [...] I think I’ll write on the TBH case in the next post. For now, so many things to point out on this upcoming Friday protest. The issue itself started out as an almost philosophical one, not unlike the Bak Kut Teh controversy – in which a few underlying issues are the same (will hope to collect thoughts [...] Well, let’s start the new year with something positive :) I’m sure many of you are aware of the controversy surrounding the use of Allah by members of other religions by PKR’s bureau for religious affairs. Here’s a statement I quite liked on the issue :) If anyone badly needs a translation, just let us know, we’ll [...] I confess I find it delicious (somewhat unhealthy probably, but delicious). It is something of a testament to current affairs that in all seriousness, I really don’t know whether it’d make sense to put the words “No offence” at the beginning of the previous sentence. In any case, allow me for now to seek the perspectives of [...] |
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