that phrase came from farish noor in his latest post “you are not qualified to talk about islam: how to respond to attempts to close the public domain”. “You are not qualified to talk about Islam”. How many times have I heard and read that same line, again and again? …
(heading translated = statement of ABIM yang dipertuan confusing followers) my post ‘don’t challenge islam’. sigh… here we go again’ refers. at the end of the post, i mentioned about a letter from the herald. here is the letter. (translation in english by me appears in italic at certain chosen …
the herald, the catholic weekly, embroiled in the ‘allah’ controversy with the government will be going to court at end of feb. the editor of the herald is appealing to anyone of you who have or know of anyone who have old prayer books and bibles (published in the 18s …
so after PAS’s musa husam’s remark that PAS will introduce hudud laws if PAS takes over the federal government, as expected, we hear the various leaders speaking up, for or against or attacking each other and so on. lim kit siang was quick to speak up that hudud is not …
no no, that doesn’t come from me at all, please… though i don’t mind it it is equate with me, as i fully agree with it. that comes from the mufti of perlis, dr asri zainul abidin. taken from mstar site. for those of you who do not understand bahasa …
UPDATED with press statement from the christian federation of malaysia (CFM). scroll down to read. two days ago i posted martin jalleh’s article ‘home minister very at home with his ignorance‘. he had called me up in the morning on that day (wednesday), to ask for my email to send …
Home Minister very at home with his ignorance by Martin Jalleh Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar believes it is his prerogative and position to preach to the Catholic community in Bolehland on what they should and should not believe in. "Religion and politics should not mix”– he pontificates. This is …
from anil netto’s blog: The Herald, a Catholic weekly published in Malaysia, is under further pressure from the Home Ministry, which will be scrutinising its forthcoming editorial on the Permatang Pauh by-election. The edition will reach the churches in the peninsula this weekend. “The editorial is only asking people to …
anwar turns to syariah court – so said the headline in malaysiakini yesterday. is this good or bad? what made anwar came to this decision? was it because of the call from putera umno president challenging him to swear on the quran? "I have sought the advice of ulama and …
alamak! the hearing (as i blog here) was postponed to coming tuesday. ayoh! why like this one – our malaysian court, always postphoning hearing/cases (eg. altantuya’s trial). this is the news from malaysiakini (with pictures). Herald vs Gov’t: Judicial review postponedSoon Li Tsin | Apr 25, 08 2:35pm The judicial …