11.20.09
Posted in Interfaith Encounters, Islam at 12:09 am by Kam Weng
Rejoinder – Allah is Not a Personal Name: More Evidence Needed, Not Mere Assertions Again in response to some comments on the article “ Allah is not a Personal Name LINK I have decided to post my own rejoinder as a full post: Further comments on use of allah I am not concerned with how [...]
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11.08.09
Posted in Concept of God, Interfaith Encounters, Islam at 8:31 pm by Kam Weng
Allah is Not a Personal Name It is bad enough when the Malaysian government bans Christians from using the word Allah. It is worse when some misguided Christians (granted it is a small minority) agree that Muslims have sole proprietary rights to the word Allah, even though this capitulation amounts to surrendering their centuries old [...]
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08.28.09
Posted in Christology (Biblical), Interfaith Encounters, Islam at 8:42 pm by Kam Weng
Seems like the following summaries of my dialogue with Dr. Louay Fatoohi at the International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies on August 13 2009 are being sent around the Internet. http://ameia-kl.blogspot.com/2009/08/islam-and-christology.html LINK http://www.iais.org.my/details.php?content_id=226 LINK I have problems with the summaries at a few points but at least they give a rough idea of what transpired [...]
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07.14.09
Posted in Announcements, Interfaith Encounters at 11:22 pm by Kam Weng
How should Christians respond when unbelievers surreptitiously come to church to spy out their activities? What if they commit acts that are reasonably deemed to be offensive if not sacrilegious to Christian worship. Should Christian rely on the authorities to enforce punishment under the Penal Code? For a brief reflection read: LINK http://libertysentinel.wordpress.com/2009/07/14/sacrilegious-acts-by-unbelieving-spies-in-church/#more-150
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03.17.09
Posted in Hermeneutics, Interfaith Encounters, Islam at 9:37 am by Kam Weng
Tan Sri Prof. Dzulkufli Abdul Razak, Vice Chancellor of University Science Malaysia wrote an article on the use of ‘Allah’ in the Malay Bible, Alkitab (Bahasa Indonesia version) in the SUN on 11 March 2009. LINK It would have been easy just to dismiss this article since its premise is flawed from the word go: [...]
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12.20.08
Posted in Interfaith Encounters at 5:03 pm by Kam Weng
Well, might as well bring my perspective on yoga to a closure found in my other blog Religious Liberty Watch LINK. I refer to the statement published by NECF which contains very briefly some of my comments on yoga. Meditating on Yoga LINK
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