i had actually decided not to blog on the herald-allah controversy anymore but i can’t help myself when i read what ktemoc had to say. i need to respond to his post. instead of responding at the comments section of his post, since it will be long, i am responding …
(NOTE: above picture shows the latest issue herald – 6 jan. 2008. it has the word ‘we have our permit!’ in big bold words right on top. inside is a press statement from fr. lawrence, and the 2 letters from the government are also inside) yep in my updated post …
few days ago in one of my post on this issue, someone commented about being curious to see how herald use ‘allah’. well… i’m not surprise of course… not that he/she wanted to know but he/she didn’t know because he/she cannot get hold of a copy of the herald. see, …
UPDATED read from the NaSTy paper, johari said herald should not use allah even though the permit is granted… so what the hell is the meaning of ‘no condition’??? pigilah johari! the star report (no mention what johari said). in fact the opening line mentioned ‘…with no restrictions on the …
ok since it is sunday, no blog on allah, god, tuhan… but oops my story here is still about allah. since it is still the christmas season (12 days, remember?), here is a story on the meaning of christmas, taken from some website i forgotten. this is strictly for christians …
… because the government is trying to tell us that muslim have little faith – just by reading christian stuff in bahasa, they will suddenly convert to christianity.(which is ironic really as herald is not sold to the public at all. herald were sent to catholic churches only). ok this …
from the star: Thursday December 27, 2007MYT 9:01:50 PM Catholic paper files writ of summons PETALING JAYA: The publisher of Herald – The Catholic Weekly has filed a writ of summons and a statement of claim in the Kuala Lumpur High Court to seek appropriate declarations of the use of …
taken from the malaysian bar. —————————————————– Church leaders explain use of ‘Allah’ Sunday, 23 December 2007, 11: 20pm (c)The Sun (Used by permission) by Joseph Masilamany PETALING JAYA (Dec 23, 2007): The use of the word "Allah" to refer to God among Christians has been widely practised for generations in …
statement from aliran. note aliran mentioned about the word ‘allah’ appearing int the pahang national anthem. well lulu had also pointed out that the word is found in the selangor national anthem too. oh also, don’t forget to read a very good post from malaysian unplug on this issue. ————————————————————————————– …
… so implied deputy internal security minister, johari when he said "only muslims can use the word ‘allah’". “Only Muslims can use ‘Allah’. It’s a Muslim word, you see. It’s from (the Arabic (language). We cannot let other religions use it because it will confuse people,” he said when contacted …