Malaysian Church News

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  Muslim mother blesses her son’s ordination as a Catholic Priest

  Oct 21, 2015

  A Muslim woman blessed her son, a Catholic deacon, at the altar of the church where shortly after he was ordained priest.

  
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  Haze: Shah Alam records very unhealthy air

  Oct 21, 2015

  The haze situation worsened on Wednesday morning with Shah Alam recording an Air Pollutant Index (API) reading of 211 - very unhealthy range - at 7am.

  
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  DOE: No yellow haze

  Oct 21, 2015

  The Department of the Environment (DOE) has denied the existence of the "yellow haze" phenomena as is being spread on social media.

  
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  Malaysians want action to end haze

  Oct 21, 2015

  Malaysians are at the end of their tether having to live with the unhealthy air probably until March next year, and are demanding concrete action from both the Government and Indonesia.

  
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  Festival Tasik Biru to be fun filled occasion

  Oct 21, 2015

  The district office here will hold Festival Tasik Biru 2015 from Oct 30 to Nov 1.

  
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  Schools still closed today due to haze

  Oct 21, 2015

  All schools in Kuching, Padawan, Bau, Lundu, Serian, Samarahan, Simunjan and Lubok Antu are still closed today, due to continuous unhealthy air pollutant index (API) readings.

  

• KL Archdiocese donates almost RM250k for Peter’s Pence

  Oct 21, 2015

  Archbishop Joseph Marino, on behalf of Pope Francis, thanked Archbishop Julian Leow and the people of the Archdiocese for their contribution of RM 240,231.15 to the Peter’s Pence collection for 2015.

  
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  How many Indonesian and Malaysian youths have joined ISIS?

  Oct 20, 2015

  The Southeast Asia fighting unit of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Katibah Nusantara (KN) continues to expand geographically within a year of its establishment. There are about 450 Indonesians and Malaysians, including children and women under fealty to ISIS in Iraq and Syria today.

  
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  The wRap Indonesia: Churches demolished, wildfire kills hikers

  Oct 20, 2015

  From the demolition of churches in Aceh province to hikers getting killed by wildfires, here are the top news stories from Indonesia and around the world to start your day.

  
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  Aceh tears down churches

  Oct 20, 2015

  Indonesian security forces tore down three Christian churches in Aceh, bowing to demands from Muslim hardliners after deadly religious violence rocked the staunchly Islamic province last week.