While Indonesia’s 2 largest Muslim organizations and the Indonesia Government is still arguing among themselves whether smoking a cigarette is considered “makruh” (meaning “undesirable”) or “haram” (meaning “forbidden”), now there is a shocking news, which if true, would settle the issue immediately. It seems that a Dutch researcher has identified 185 uses of pig haemoglobin (meaning blood). [...]
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Earlier this week, Indonesia’s second largest Muslim organization, Muhammadiyah, issued a fatwa against smoking and it immediately ran into a flak of criticisms and protests. Now Indonesia’s Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali has stepped into the fray, calling on Muhammadiyah not to cause “public restlessness” by acting “more wisely.” Interestingly, both the Nahdlatul Ulama (Indonesia’s largest Muslim [...] What can be said of 32-year old Mosab Hassan Yousef? He is the eldest son of Muslim cleric Sheik Hassan Yousef, one of the founders of Hamas. Or rather he was the eldest son, since Sheik Hassan Yousef has disowned Mosab Hassan Yousef for becoming a traitor and an apostate. And now he has published a [...] We are used to reading reports of terrorism in newspapers and watching video clips of such acts of terror on TV. Perhaps the most spectacular act of terroism was the September 11, 2001 suicide attack on the World Trade Center in New York City by al-Qaeda operatives who hijacked 4 commercial airliners and used them as guided [...] One thing that came into prominence following High Court Judge Lau Bee Lan’s New Year Eve ruling that the word “Allah” is not exclusive to Muslims and that the Roman Catholic newspaper The Herald can use that term is that many Malaysian states have their lists of words or terms that are exclusive to Muslims and [...] If you follow what is happening in Malaysia after High Court Judge Lau Bee Lan ruled on New Year’s Eve that the use of the word “Allah” is not exclusive to Muslims and that the Roman Catholic newpaper The Herald can use it in its publication, you will know that several leaders have urged dialogue as [...] So now at least 7 churches have been attacked or threatened in the aftermath of the Allah ruling by High Court Judge Lau Bee Lan. She had ruled on New Year’s eve that the word “Allah” is not exclusive to Islam, and thus the Roman Catholic’s newspaper, The Herald, is free to use that word. To be sure, there [...] One unusual outcome of the current controversy over the ruling on New Year’s eve by High Court Judge Lau Bee Lan that the word “Allah” is not exclusive to Muslims and that the Roman Catholic Church can continue to use that word in its publication, The Herald, is to hear former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad [...] So how did Malaysian Muslims react to the New Year’s eve High Court ruling by Judge Lau Bee Lan that the Roman Catholic’s weekly, The Herald, can continue to use the word “Allah” in its publication? First, the Prime Minister’s Department said it will, in cooperation with the Home Ministry, appeal against the Kuala Lumpur High Court’s decision. [...] |
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