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blog’s 3rd birthday

wow! can’t believe it that today mark the 3rd anniversary of my blog. i had been blogging for 3 years? that long? a year of 365 days x 3 = 1095 days of blogging. 1095 posts? nah, of course not since i don’t post everyday… but sometimes one day i …

views from the herald

FYI, under my post ‘what the pope said‘, i have updated with 3 articles from the herald, a catholic weekly. 1. Was Pope’s speech read before criticising? 2. Pope quotes one verse from Quran 3. Pope Benedict’s faith, reason and university

what the pope really said

UPDATED VERSION what the pope really said read through… the whole text. thousands of lines and they choose to pick out only that 3 lines to make noises. this is his main point of the speech: The main point of his lecture, Faith, Reason and the University – Memories and …

spot the similiarity

picture A – demo outside a church in england just recently, aganst the pope’s statement. (go to the link for many more pictures) picture B – demo in penang on 14 may 2006, against the article 11 forum. (this pic was first posted at my post here – alongside with …

pope and muslim

*sigh* don’t tell me here it comes again – just like the danish cartoon thingy. violent reaction. as someone rightly said, they are resorting to violence to protest against statement that accused them of violence. how ironic. will the pope silently said “thank you for proving my point”? since this …

warped minds

“Islam is not under attack. It is your warped minds under attack,” i would like to repeat this to those fanatics who think they are championing islam AND who label me as an islamaphobe, thinking i am attacking islam. islam is not under attack. it is your warped minds under …

is the ban for all groups?

see, how right i was – pak lah did not called for a stop to the forum. of course the organisers had their reasons that they are not violating the PM’s directive (or here)… and of course we know the gomen will listen to them. it went on well… so …

article 11 is relevant to ALL

article 11 is relevant to muslim too, so said puteri shehnaz majid, an adovocate and solicitor. this was simply a totally superb article from puteri shehnaz majid from the malaysian bar website. it’s a pity i missed it when it was first written (26 may). well i hardly go to …

pak lah, stop the forum!

this forum – ‘challenges on the rights of muslims‘. s hey, mr PM, you yourself said it once – stop the forum. despite we telling you that article 11 forum has nothing to do with IFC, and article 11 organisers are not going to challenge the constitutional rights of islam, …

two sets of laws

just want to highlight a column by KJ john from malaysiakini. very good article. read it in full at malaysiakini but if you are not a subscriber read it in beritamalaysia. Let’s take a look at public gatherings. The law dictates that any group of more than a certain number …