The Department of Islamic Development (JAKIM) recently launched an online poll to gauge public opinion about the controversy over the the caning of women for adultery. It’s an issue that has seen The Star, Malaysia’s largest English daily, having its license threatened because they dared print an article discussing it, and caused Marina Mahathir’s regular [...]
It struck me some time ago that the opening of Beauty and the Beast (at least the Disney version) was a little off. If you recall, the Prince turned away an ugly beggar woman who offered a rose to him in exchange for staying a his castle. She transformed into a beautiful fairy and cursed [...]
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The Old Frees’ Association for Penang Free School alumni has a long history dating back to 1923. Most old boys will know it, especially those in Penang. It has its own association building with recreation halls and a fairly good public cafeteria which I used to visit regularly, and holds annual games with the students.
Driving [...]
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In a socialogical study by Professor George Tamarin, more than a thousand Israeli schoolchildren aged eight to fourteen were given this account of the battle of Jericho, from the book of Joshua (this story should be familiar to all kids who grew up attending Sunday School):
Joshua said to the people, “Shout; for the LORD has [...]
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Been coming across quite a few Christians, at church and outside, whose opinions on the Gaza crisis have really been repulsive.
It’s not even about Israel’s response being totally disporportionate to the attacks by Hamas.
It’s not about schools, mosques, and hospitals being attacked.
It’s not even about toddlers and babies being killed; children with their parents killed [...]
I’d actually heard of gold dust and teeth making an appearance way way back but I didn’t know it was making a return to Charismatic circles until I heard a sermon about it on Sunday. A lady went up after and said gold dust had appeared on her during the sermon.
My first thought was “why [...]
Last week saw a landmark case – the (first?) recognized deconversion from Islam. From AFP:
Apostasy, or renouncing the faith, is one of the gravest sins in Islam and a very sensitive issue in Malaysia where Islamic sharia courts have rarely allowed such renunciations and have also jailed apostates.
Penang Sharia Court judge Othman Ibrahim said [...]
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Before the Flood, there was a canopy over the Earth. This canopy protected the Earth from harmful UV rays. This canopy protected the Earth from harmful UV rays. During the Flood, the canopy fell onto Earth as water, meaning that after the Flood there was no longer a protective canopy.
As a result of this, life [...]
Recently I was participating in a discussion which touched on “Christians and the State”. I was disappointed at the direction it went because it ended up being the typical assertions of “God is in control” that has been regurgitated many times – we didn’t manage to discuss the practical issues that concern all of us [...]
The only time Malaysia seems to get on Digg/Slashdot/Google News these days seems to be when people are shaking their heads at us, so it was a relief to see this piece from Reuters – Malaysia’s top court draws line after Islamic cases:
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s highest court has ruled that legal cases involving [...]
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