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Discrimination against Christian communities
On Dec 31, 2009, the Malaysian High Court ruled that Christians in Malaysia have the constitutional right to use the word “Allah” to refer to God and that the word is not exclusive to Islam.Spending lent in Christ
Jesus Christ is our example and model in this season of Lent. The Gospel of Mathew (4: 1-11) depicts vividly the fasting of Christ in the wilderness –forty days and forty nights. Bereft of food and drink, Jesus enters into the depth of divine and human mystery led by the Spirit of God. Adoration Without Exposition
Christ is present in the tabernacle, and having the door of the tabernacle open or closed does not make any difference. His logic seems to be: that the parishioners should be taught to pray and adore the Blessed Sacrament all the time and that the practice of exposition in the monstrance is irrelevant and counterproductive to any real devotion. Your thoughts, please. -- J.L., Cumberland County, New Jersey.After a church is attacked
First, it specifies further the nature of the crimes that can desecrate a church as those that "do grave dishonor to sacred mysteries, especially to the eucharistic species, and are committed to show contempt for the Church, or are crimes that are serious offenses against the dignity of the person and society."On the seeming conflict between state enactments and Constitutions
The Judge took cognizance that 10 states have, pursuant to Article 11(4) of the Federal Constitution, enacted laws to control and restrict the propagation of religious doctrine or belief among Muslims and that Section 9 of the various State Enactments provide for an offence relating to the use of certain words and expressions listed in the relevant schedules which include the word “Allah”.On Muslims being confused and misunderstood because of HERALD
That the ban is to avoid confusion and misunderstanding among Muslims; there is no guarantee that the HERALD will be circulated only among Christians and will not fall into the hands of Muslims and the HERALD has gone online and is accessible to all.Issue of justiciability that “Allah” cannot be challenged in court
That “the issue of whether any publication in whatever form by a non- Muslim individual or body or entity that uses the sacred word of “Allah” can be permitted in law is one that is within the absolute discretion of the Rulers and the Yang di- Pertuan Agong (YPDA) (in respect of Penang, Malacca, Sabah, Sarawak and the federal Territories) as the respective Heads of Islam and is therefore non-justiciable.Challenging Totalitarianism in 2010
In China, the communist government, ignoring the protests of a dozen nations, sentenced 53-year-old literary critic Liu Xiaobo to 11 years in prison. His crime? Peacefully agitating for democracy. In Iran, thousands of agitators for democracy — broadly acclaimed as “freedom fighters” — continued their efforts in opposition to their country’s standing Islamic totalitarian government in spite of violent and deadly reprisals.The Quran recognises jews and christians
Lo! We did reveal the Torah, wherein is guidance and a light, by which the prophets who surrendered (unto Allah) judged the Jews, and the rabbis and the priests (judged) by such of Allah’s Scripture as they were bidden to observe, and thereunto were they witnesses. So fear not mankind, but fear Me. And My revelations for a little gain. Whoso judgeth not by that which Allah hath revealed: such are disbelievers. [5:44].Surrender to the Creator of all humanity
The Quran is very clear in explaining the definition of the word Islam. What does it mean and what does it stand for. The uniqueness of this word is — that it is not named after any person (in this case our Prophet). It means total surrender or submission to the Creator of all humanity.Embryo-destructive research approved by US NIH
The Obama administration has begun approving new lines of human embryonic stem cells that are eligible for federally funded experiments, opening the way for millions of taxpayer dollars to be used to conduct research that was put off-limits by President George W. Bush.- Islam at crossroads?
- Men, women not needed to make human eggs and sperm
- Historic climate conference opens in Copenhagen
- What is Marriage? — Part I I
- What is Marriage? — Part I
- Nov 16, 2009 International day for Tolerance
- Divine Mercy Church holds dialogue session with MPs
- PAS MP Khalid Samad supports CDM’s bid for cross and signages
- What is the priesthood?
- Archbishop accepts apology, not suing Al-Islam
- 1 Malaysia in further peril with more racist remarks
- Stepping forward to be of service to the public
- Overseas newspaper paints bad image of Malaysia
- Federal Court upholds Anwar’s sacking as ‘constitutional’
- Wan Azizah tells Zul to move on
- March 8, a catalyst for young voters
- Hue priests urged to set a better example
Global News
World day of prayer for Burma
The prayer day will also incorporate a political update from CSW’s East Asia Team Leader, Benedict Rogers, who has recently returned from a fact-finding visit to the Thai-Burma border with yet more evidence of human rights violations.
Youth
Youths place faith in God, not clergy
The survey results were presented at the CBCI’S ongoing biennial plenary in Guwahati, Assam, where 163 bishops from India’s 164 dioceses are in attendance.Some 40 youth delegates attended the first two days of the Feb. 24-March 3 assembly which has adopted “Youth for peace and harmony” as its main theme.
Malaysia News
Overseas newspaper paints bad image of Malaysia
On its Feb 22 edition, the newspaper provided damaging information about Malaysia under “yourworld” which gives a brief description of countries around the world daily.
