07.10.08
Posted in Islam, News at 3:46 pm by Kam Weng
Comment: Amazing! So many Muslim Councils rushing to join the fray. Perhaps they are nervous about losing their case and seek assurance in numbers. It would have been so much simpler if people concerned just allow the two immediate parties involved in the suit to calmly and rationally argue their case. Surely it can’t be [...]
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04.24.08
Posted in Islam, News, Social-Cultural Analysis at 10:43 am by Kam Weng
I just received a news update on the court case regarding the prohibition of the use of ‘Allah’ in non-Muslim media:
The Minister for Internal Security issued a Publication Permit dated 12th February 2008 (for the period 1st January 2008 until 31st December 2008) to the Titular Roman Catholic Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur, the Publisher of [...]
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05.10.07
Posted in News at 3:03 pm by Kam Weng
Many friends have been asking what happened to the Dialog: The 6th Building Bridges from May 7-11, 2007 convened by the Archbishop of Cantebury, Dr. Rowan Williams. The Dialog is supposed to bring together 30+ Christian and Muslim scholars from all over the world to discuss on the topic “Humanity in Context: Christian Muslim Perspectives on Being Human.� Thank you for your encouragement and prayers when I was preparing one of the plenary papers. I owe you an update.
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