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4th church attacked, police find no cars smashed
Posted by RAKYAT MARHAEN
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 8 - A fourth Klang Valley church, this time in Kampung Subang, was reportedly attacked with Molotov cocktail which failed to explode while police have dismissed reports that cars with Christian symbols having their windscreens smashed in the Bangsar suburb today, hours after arson attacks on three churches. Police have sent a team to investigate the latest church attack in Kampung Subang which is linked to the controversial High Court ruling allowing "Allah" to be used by Catholic weekly Herald in its Bahasa Malaysia section that has outraged Muslim groups. Selangor police chief DCP Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar said the Molotov cocktail failed to explode. City police have also increased patrols in the middle-class Bangsar suburb after people reported cars with Christian symbols such as crucifixes and rosaries had their windscreens smashed. However, police say no cars have been found smashed. Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan said in the morning three churches were attacked from midnight - the Metro Tabernacle in Desa Melawati, the Church of Assumption in Petaling Jaya Old Town and the Life Chapel in Section 17, Petaling Jaya. source: http://malaysia.sompost.com/?p=13587 _ Wow, it's the ideal country to visit for rich Westerners! With Egypt, Irak or Afghanistan, of course. :-(((( Mort "Morons of the world unite!" |
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4th church attacked, police find no cars smashed
On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:26:23 +0100, Alfred Molon
wrote: In article , says... Wow, it's the ideal country to visit for rich Westerners! With Egypt, Irak or Afghanistan, of course. What is the problem with Egypt as a tourist destination? The murder of Christian Copts with the money of stupid tourists from the West... A mere trifle for you I suppose. Don't be accomplices to fanatical murders. Boycott Egypt!!!!! Mort |
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4th church attacked, police find no cars smashed
On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:26:23 +0100, Alfred Molon
wrote: In article , says... Wow, it's the ideal country to visit for rich Westerners! With Egypt, Irak or Afghanistan, of course. What is the problem with Egypt as a tourist destination? -- Alfred Molon http://www.molon.de - Photos of Asia, Africa and Europe NINTH Church Vandalized in Malaysia as Tensions Rise by SETH MYDANS A ninth church was vandalized Monday in Malaysia in a series of arson attacks that have raised religious tensions surrounding a dispute over the use of the word 'Allah' by Christians in this mostly Muslim nation. "Allah is the common term for God in Malay-language Bibles, but the government and many Muslim groups insist that the word should be reserved for use in Islam. The attacks, which began on Friday, came after a court ruling on Dec. 31 that overturned a government ban on the use of 'Allah' by Christians. That ruling has been stayed while the government appeals. Only one of the churches has been seriously damaged, and some of the attacks were minor. In Monday’s attack, the Sidang Injil Borneo Church in the central state of Negeri Sembilan was slightly damaged when its door was burned, according to local reports. Government officials condemned the violence Monday but defended their position, saying conditions are different in Malaysia from those in neighboring Indonesia or in Arab nations where 'Allah' is the common term for God. "These outrageous incidents are acts of extremism and designed to weaken our diverse communities’ shared commitment to strengthen racial unity," The Home Ministry secretary, Gen. Mahmood Adam, told reporters after briefing foreign diplomats on the situation. "They don’t understand the situation here," he said of the diplomats. "They just want to know why it can be allowed in other countries and not here." He said he told them: "Be fair, you have to compare apples to apples, oranges to oranges. Our landscape is different from other countries. Malays here are different from other countries. The landscape here is different from Indonesia so we can’t compare." The violence has strained relations among Malays, who are mostly Muslim and who make up 60 percent of the population, and the Chinese and Indian minorities, who are Christian, Hindu and Buddhist. Indonesia is less divided, with Muslims making up 90 percent of its population of 240 million. Some Muslims in Malaysia say they fear that Christians are trying to win converts by using the word 'Allah.' They say Muslim believers could be confused by the use. On her blog last week, Marina Mahathir, a commentator and columnist, disparaged this view as a 'copyright issue.' She said a confident Muslim 'will not walk into a church, hear a liturgy in Malay or Arabic where they use the word ‘Allah’ and then think that he or she is in a mosque.' Business leaders have voiced concern that further attacks could threaten trade and investment. The tourism minister, Ng Yen Yen, said foreign visitors could be frightened away, although the ministry had not received any information on the effects so far. "This is the communication era, so information travels fast," she said. "Tourists will choose not to visit a country faced with conflicts, especially religious conflicts." In a sign of the country’s racial and religious complexity, a leading Hindu organization said it would hold a candlelight vigil at a church in solidarity with the Christian minority. Church officials urged their parishioners not to participate in the vigil. "It sends the wrong message as if the non-Muslims are going against the Muslims," Father Phillips Muthu of Assumption Church told Malaysiakini.com, an independent online news service. _ It's obvious that only NAZI pigs want to visit Malaysia!!!!! :-(((((( Disgusted Mort |
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