Malaysia hearings start in Catholic 'Allah' fight

Lawyers for the Roman Catholic Church urged a court Monday to let Christians use "Allah" as a translation for God and overturn a government ban that has become a symbol of religious grievances in Muslim-majority Malaysia.

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Malaysia to restore 'Allah' ban for Christians

The Malaysian government will issue a new decree restoring a ban on Christian publications using the word "Allah" to refer to God, officials said Sunday.

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Malaysia to allow Christians to use 'Allah'

The Malaysian government has softened an earlier ban on the use of the word "Allah" by Christian publications to refer to God and is allowing them to use it as long as they specify the material is not for Muslims, a church official said Thursday.

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Malaysia Maintains Limited 'Allah' Ban

The Malaysian government has reiterated that non-Muslims cannot use the word "Allah," sparking concern Friday among Christians who use it to refer to God in their Malay-language Bible and other publications.

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Dutch Bishop Suggests Calling God Allah

A Dutch Catholic bishop who once said the hungry were entitled to steal bread and advocated condom use to prevent AIDS has made headlines again, this time by saying God should be called Allah.

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Man Says A-L-L-A-H in Name Blocked E-Mail

A man says his attempts to sign up for an e-mail account with Yahoo failed when he used his name, which includes the letters a-l-l-a-h — as in Allah, the Arabic word for God.

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Pop quiz: Which of the following names represents a nonsectarian, universal deity? Allah, Dios, Gott, Dieu, Elohim, Gud, or Jesus?

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Any honest evaluation of the history of Islam will indicate that it cannot be pigeonholed as if it were merely a different sect that utilizes a crescent rather than a cross as a symbol. Islam is fundamentally incompatible with Western attitudes toward religion and society.

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Pre-islamic worship of the goddess seems to be primarily associated with Al'Lat, which simply means 'goddess'. She is a triple goddess, similar to the Greek lunar deity Kore/Demeter/Hecate. Each aspect of this trinity corresponds to a phase of the moon.

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There can be no doubt that Major Nidal Hasan became radicalized, planned his jihad (holy war), and murdered thirteen people at Fort Hood, Texas. He had calling cards printed with "SoA" and "SWT" placed under his name.

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The Malaysian government has refused to release 10,000 Bibles which it seized because they contained the word Allah to refer to God.

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Malaysian authorities have confiscated more than 15,000 Bibles in recent months because they referred to "God" as "Allah," a translation that has been banned in this Muslim-majority country, Christian church officials said Thursday.

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The Death of Islam and the Birth of Islam

Allah does not fear knowledge: He welcomes it. Knowledge is the path of enlightenment. As such the free flow of knowledge is filled with Allah's spirit and lifts one to find even a greater gift: understanding.

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U.S. supplied jets, choppers kill 11 tribals, says secular Baluch party

U.S. supplied fighter jets and gunship helicopters have killed at least 11 Baluch tribesmen, including women and children, in the restive southwestern province of Baluchistan, which the Baluch natives call occupied territories.

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The BBC's Aleem Maqbool explains the background to the video Pakistan's army has ordered a probe into a video posted on social networking site Facebook that appears to show soldiers abusing Taliban.

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Symbology: Do you know these flags?

We see them everyday on television, in front of buildings, carried high at the Olympics or out in front of protests and marches around the world. Flags are extremely important representations of people, ideology, culture and invoke powerful symbology for designed purposes.

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Khalid Sheik Mohammed, who has bragged about his role in the Sept. 11 attacks, has asked to dismiss his ACLU lawyers and face his death-penalty case alone

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Keep digging FBI, there's more of them and military is not their only target

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"The severed head of a cow was recently the center of attention in Malaysia as a group of more than 50 Muslim men gathered outside a state mosque and marched to a government office proudly carrying a cow's head as a symbol of protest while chanting the world-famous praise "Allahu …

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Muslim youths in the United States and how 9/11 has affected them are discussed in this September 6, 2009 article, which focuses especially on the Louisville, Kentucky area.

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In Malaysia it is illegal for non-Muslims to refer "to God as 'Allah.' "

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We just came across this shirt while browsing through Nordstrom in the mall a few seconds ago. It reads "Allah Al-Rahman Al-Raheem" Which means "God the most Gracious the most Merciful"

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The terrorist regime of mullahs ruling the Islamic Republic of Iran today hanged 13 members of the diehard Sunni outfit named Jondullah, but spared the life of the brother of the militant outfit's founder, Abdulmalik Rigi.

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If it were in a position to do so, Al Qaeda would use Pakistan's nuclear weapons in its fight against the United States, a top leader of the group said in remarks aired on Sunday.

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Quran Explorer

A website of the whole Noble Quran is available on the net, it's unbelievably and incredibly excellent work. It's called Quran Explorer (www.quranexplorer.com/quran)

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A Catholic church in Malaysia which prays to Allah has prompted a court case over who can use the word. Muslim leaders say Islam should be the only faith to use it, saying its use in other faiths could lead to confusion and conversions.

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HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED why millions of Muslim men are dedicated to killing Americans? Or why so many are willing to blow themselves up to kill Israelis? Or why they are so committed to blowing up random people in Bali, London, Madrid, etc.?

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Few Verses from the Quran to Reflect on

[16:125] Invite (all) to the Way of thy Lord with wisdom and beautiful speech. [30:58] Thus, we have cited for the people in this Quran all kinds of examples. Yet, no matter what kind of proof you present to the disbelievers, they say, "You are falsifiers."

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ONE THING is certain, Islam is not a religion by anything Americans believe one to be — not even close. In fact, Islam is the antithesis of what we deem to be religious.

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The Daily News quoted the letters and printed a copy of one of them in its original Arabic. Hussein alleged beatings and of being kept where he was forced to endure the screams of others being tortured — thought to be at Baghdad International Airport.

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Very Informative Video Series- Please Enjoy

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