03.21.11

Why Defacement of the Alkitab is Desecration

Posted in Announcements, Legal Issues at 11:03 am by Kam Weng

Click on the following link to read my post giving reasons why the defacement of the Alkitab (Holy Bible) by government officials is an act of desecration. http://libertysentinel.wordpress.com/2011/03/21/why-defacement-of-the-alkitab-is-desecration/ “Desecration” is not a word we simply throw around. As such, when Christians protest to the government that it has desecrated the Alkitab (Malay Bible) it is [...]

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03.18.11

Malay Bibles Desecrated by Malaysian Authorities

Posted in Legal Issues at 9:22 am by Kam Weng

“Oh No! They killed our loved ones even though we paid the ransom.” This is the worst nightmare experienced by people who paid ransom to kidnappers  only to find their loved ones returned to them executed. “Oh No! They desecrated our beloved Holy Bibles.” This is the heart wrenching experience of Malaysian Christians who found [...]

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11.14.10

Top Court Throws Out Hindu Mother’s Conversion Challenge

Posted in Islam, Legal Issues at 12:13 pm by Kam Weng

Top Court Throws Out Hindu Mother’s Conversion Challenge Malaysia’s highest court (the Federal Court) abdicated its duty to exercise sound and courageous moral judgment when it relied on technicality and rejected an application by a Hindu mother (Shamala) to the Court to rule against her husband’s unilateral conversion of her children to Islam. LINK

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07.01.10

Refutation of Muslim Scholars’ Arguments in the Allah Controversy. Part 3/3

Posted in Interfaith Encounters, Islam, Legal Issues at 12:24 pm by Kam Weng

Refutation of Muslim Scholars’Arguments in the Allah Controversy. Part 3/3 Translation Issues To buttress their case, Mohd Sani and Mohd Aizam provide several examples which allege that Christians are inconsistent in their usage of the word Allâh and this results in confusion for both Christians and Muslims. However, their claim of inconsistency shows little understanding [...]

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06.30.10

Refutation of Muslim Scholars’ Argument in the Allâh Controversy. Part 2/3

Posted in Concept of God, Interfaith Encounters, Islam, Legal Issues, Theological Issues at 11:14 pm by Kam Weng

Refutation of Muslim Scholars’ Arguments in the Allah Controversy. Part 2/3 Allâh is Certainly Not a Proper Noun/Personal Name Introduction: Allâh and Other Loan Words in the Quran for God The fundamental and contested presupposition in the present dispute on the use of Allâh is whether there are words so exclusively defined by a single [...]

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06.28.10

Refutation of Muslim Scholars’ Arguments in the Allah Controversy. Part 1/3

Posted in Aquinas, Interfaith Encounters, Islam, Legal Issues, Theological Issues at 8:33 pm by Kam Weng

Refutation of Muslim Scholars’ Arguments in the Allah Controversy. Part 1/3 (Part One of Three Parts) The Court of Appeal may appear tardy in taking up its review of the High Court decision that ruled in favour of the Catholic Herald (and Christians) concerning the right to use the word Allah. However, the government has [...]

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