Alfred Pennyworth : A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were working for the local government. They were trying to buy the loyalty of tribal leaders by bribing them with precious stones. But their caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a bandit. So we went looking for the stones. But in six months, we never found anyone who traded with him. One day I saw a child playing with a ruby the size of a tangerine. The bandit had been throwing them away.
Bruce Wayne aka Batman : Then why steal them..??
Alfred Pennyworth : Because he thought it was good sport. Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.
(Movie quote : The Dark Knight - 2008 )
I have always been known by my friends as a liberal Muslim. Liberal here means my view on most things tend to be on the middle or grey as opposed to be a YES or a NO most conservative Muslim insist on.
Regarding the issue of the validity of the word Allah, my stance is to prohibit the usage to non Muslims in Malaysia. The first reaction from my non Muslim friends would be that I have gone extreme and now a Taliban type fundamentalist. Nothing could be further from the truth.
It would be laughable indeed from a world point of view to say that the Christians in general want to refer to their God as Allah. It is just occurring in East Malaysia where the word has been used in decades as a reference to the holy trinity. It was a localised usage certainly not occurring in other places especially in West Malaysia. Before this issue has been blown out of proportion, very few people even know other Christians referring to their God as Allah. Most Christians called Jesus as their lord and saviour.
The issue now is that certain people insist on creating a mountain out of a molehill. Their obdurate insistence to make it THEIR ABSOLUTE RIGHT to fight for a word that has universal value to the Muslims thus angering and creating further divide among races. This is unnecessary as much as it is stupid.
Imagine the anger felt by Hindus if Muslims wanted to use the word Shiva (whom is just one major deity in their long list of Mahadevas or Great God) as a substitute. What stupidity begets this line of thinking?
Bruce Wayne aka Batman : Then why steal them..??
Alfred Pennyworth : Because he thought it was good sport. Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.
(Movie quote : The Dark Knight - 2008 )
I have always been known by my friends as a liberal Muslim. Liberal here means my view on most things tend to be on the middle or grey as opposed to be a YES or a NO most conservative Muslim insist on.
Regarding the issue of the validity of the word Allah, my stance is to prohibit the usage to non Muslims in Malaysia. The first reaction from my non Muslim friends would be that I have gone extreme and now a Taliban type fundamentalist. Nothing could be further from the truth.
It would be laughable indeed from a world point of view to say that the Christians in general want to refer to their God as Allah. It is just occurring in East Malaysia where the word has been used in decades as a reference to the holy trinity. It was a localised usage certainly not occurring in other places especially in West Malaysia. Before this issue has been blown out of proportion, very few people even know other Christians referring to their God as Allah. Most Christians called Jesus as their lord and saviour.
The issue now is that certain people insist on creating a mountain out of a molehill. Their obdurate insistence to make it THEIR ABSOLUTE RIGHT to fight for a word that has universal value to the Muslims thus angering and creating further divide among races. This is unnecessary as much as it is stupid.
Imagine the anger felt by Hindus if Muslims wanted to use the word Shiva (whom is just one major deity in their long list of Mahadevas or Great God) as a substitute. What stupidity begets this line of thinking?
It is now widely known that the High Court judge that ruled in favour of the Catholic weekly in allowing the usage of the word Allah, Bee Lian Lau is a staunch Catholic and regularly conducts bible classes.
Questions about her impartiality must be put forward before letting her preside and make a judgement over such a polarized and potential time bomb issue.
Now with churches and mosques arsoned, maybe it’s true about some people just like to see the world burn.
Questions about her impartiality must be put forward before letting her preside and make a judgement over such a polarized and potential time bomb issue.
Now with churches and mosques arsoned, maybe it’s true about some people just like to see the world burn.
