Last November French soccer team captain Henry Thierry helped scored an infamous goal for France during a 2010 FIFA World Cup Final qualifying round against Ireland. He used his hands, not once but twice, to keep the ball in illegal play before passing the ball to fellow French striker William Gallas to score the all important goal that [...]
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Eversince High Court Judge Lau Bee Lan ruled on New Year’s Eve that the Roman Catholic newspaper, The Herald, can use the word “Allah” in its publication because it is not exclusive to Islam, the stand taken by the Government is that the word “Allah” belongs exclusively to Islam in the Malaysian context. Barely a week ago, [...] By now you must have known that High Court Judge Lau Bee Lan has released her written judgment in allowing the Roman Catholic newspaper, The Herald, to use the word “Allah” in its publication. The Allah ruling on New Year’s Eve has polarized the Muslim community in Malaysia. Now there is an added controversy – to go ahead [...] It has been a long time since the last Ramadan and we have not heard of Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno being caned. You may remember that Malaysian model Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno was caught drinking alcohol in December 2008. She was subsequently charged in the Syariah Court and sentenced to a fine of Rm5,000 and 6 strokes [...] After staring eyeball to eyeball with the Christian community over the Allah ruling by High Court Judge Lau Bee Lan, it was the Malaysian Government that blinked first. In an interview with East Malaysian press, including The Borneo Post, Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Aziz, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department said: “Christians in Sarawak and Sabah [...] Remember 18-year old Manohara Odelia Pinot, the estranged wife of the Tengku Temenggong of Kelantan Tengku Muhammad Fakhry Petra Sultan Ismail Petra? She has been ordered by the Syariah High Court to “be loyal” to her 31-year old husband (effectively to return to him), and to repay Rm 1,112,250 (approximately US$327,000) owed to him? Now Manohara Odelia Pinot [...] A question that is often asked following the New Year’s Eve Allah ruling by High Court Judge Lau Bee Lan that the Roman Catholic’s newspaper, The Herald, is free to use the term “Allah” as it is not exclusive to Islam is this: Why didn’t the Christians and/or the Sikhs mount a legal challenge against the ban imposed by [...] So what is the reaction to the call to Christians in Malaysia to drop the usage of the word “Allah”? This call was made by Datuk Jamil Khir Baharom, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department. Judging from the reactions of Christian leaders in East Malaysia, they are standing firm. Pastor Danil Raut from the Borneo Evangelical Church [...] So the number of churches attacked has risen to 9. Now, Datuk Jamil Khir Baharom, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department has urged church leaders to drop the usage of “Allah”. He said they should adopt the same approach as Datuk Clarence Bongkos Malakun, president of the Sabah Justice of peace Council. Earlier Datuk Clarence Bongkos Malakun [...] |
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