Archive for the 'Islam' Category

How arrogance divides people

Muslims and Christians in conversation - Photo by Ben Ong, courtesy of Rev Sivin Kit’s blog
A unique event was held on 12 June, bringing together speakers living as minorities in plural societies, in this case Muslims in a Western society and Christians in a Muslim-majority society.
Over a hundred people flocked to Father’s House, Bangsar Lutheran [...]

Farish Noor speaks on the Pas general assembly

Nasharudin retains No. 2 but Nizar bags 85% of votes

Nasharudin has retained the Pas deputy presidency. He collected 480 votes, Husam Musa polled 281 while Mat Sabu won 261.
It looks as if the “progressive” or modernist votes have been split between Husam and Mat Sabu, who together collected 541 votes (54 per cent of votes cast) compared to Nasharudin’s 480 votes.
In comparison, Nizar easily [...]

Voting underway in Pas elections

Face to face: Mat Sabu (left) with Nasharudin - Photo courtesy of Harakah Daily
Polling for the Pas party elections is now underway as 1,044 delegates cast their ballots. The party elections committee is expected to announce all the official results tomorrow morning.

Full text of Obama’s speech to the Muslim world

In a much-awaited speech in Cairo just now directed largely at the Muslim world, Obama has vowed to:

shut down Guantanamo Bay by next year,
prohibit the use of torture by the United States (what about rendition or outsourcing of torture?) and
remove US troops from Iraq by 2012 (what about the large permanent or “enduring” US [...]