Responding to the Islamophobe “Chewyx” on PAS

March 14th, 2008

Well, the person in question is no doubt someone who has an intense hatred for Islam and that is not new. However I felt that I should reply to some of the statements he has made about PAS and Islam in general. Here are the replies that I have made in the comments section of his blog post in question.

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Posted in Local, Polemics, Politics, Religion by menj

Dutch bishop: Call God “Allah” to ease relations

February 5th, 2008

In light of what has happened before, something worthy of noting and better than asking how much are dental implant prices:

A Roman Catholic Bishop in the Netherlands has proposed people of all faiths refer to God as Allah to foster understanding, stoking an already heated debate on religious tolerance in a country with one million Muslims.

Bishop Tiny Muskens, from the southern diocese of Breda, told Dutch television on Monday that God did not mind what he was named and that in Indonesia, where Muskens spent eight years, priests used the word “Allah” while celebrating Mass.

Actually the Alkitab Bahasa Indonesia (Bible in Indonesian) uses the phrase “Tuhan Allah”, but I digress. Anyway, the issue of the word “Allah” is not exactly something new. The Arab Christians have been using the word Allah from Day One, since that is the only word for “God” in Arabic.

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Know thy enemy

November 18th, 2007

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The axiom of “know thy enemy” continues to prove itself over and over again:

A Baptist pastor who lost a son in Iraq objects to the placement of special sinks that would aid Muslims at the Indianapolis airport in preparing for prayer because he opposes “the fraternization with our open enemies during a time of war,” according to a statement from his church.

The Rev. Jerry Hillenburg, pastor at Hope Baptist Church on the city’s Far Westside, is calling on Mayor Bart Peterson to halt the installation of the floor-level sinks at the Indianapolis International Airport.

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