I am Muslim but my Jewish cousins are very similar in language and customs to me and we are living side by side in our Arab nation. Why in an asian nation this has to be different? Even Indians and Chinese feel unwanted and discriminated against!

Is it not time for Malaysia to start looking at their own problems first? The crooked cops, caning, the selling and mysterious disappearings of Birmanese "illegal" refugees to Thai gangsters for example?

Sorry for my bad English, Arabic and French is my strongest.

Is the democratic country that Malaysia wants to be in fact saying that democracy is bad?

Why do they hold double standards, such as caning for the Malay population (which is against human rights), but not against their Indian and Chinese population?

Why are the Malaysians the only ones not to recognize the Iraqi government, when all of our Arab neighbours, including my country Tunesia, have done it?

If Jordan and Egypt can recognize the state of Israel, and Tunesia has a Jewish parliament member, then why does Malaysia- who is not in the region and has little to do with any kind of conflict, still have to be very strong against Israel and won't allow Israeli visitors or allow it's own citizens to enter Israel?

I have business in Indonesia and I travel to Indonesia every month.

And yes, I attend churches in Indonesia as well.

They use "Allah" !

Stop spreading lies here.

The tree is known by its fruit.

Bob…despite what world leaders repeatedly assert, Islam is not a peaceful religion. Unlike Christianity in whose name wars have been fought, but having NO Scriptures to support those wars in the teachings of the New Testament – Islam can find explicit commands for violence against 'unbelievers' in their Koran.

I am a Malaysian and an Evangelical. I would agree with Penang – that Christians and adherents of other religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism and others are persecuted in so-called ‘moderate Muslim’ Malaysia: usually not overt violence but by putting them as second-class citizens in their own country. Christianity is the most hated and maybe ‘feared’ by the Muslim clerics because the God of the Bible is in such contrast to the cruel Allah of the Quran and the love and gentleness of Christ is in stark contrast to the power and sexual lusts of Muhammad. Also Christianity is an evangelizing faith , just like Islam’s ‘dakwah’ – Christianity uses preaching but Islam uses coercion and promises of ‘no persecution’ or ‘material benefits’ for those who convert(in Malaysia). Our BN leaders need Islam to remain a stronghold on the Malays so that they can always use religion and ‘God’ to ‘control’ them so as to remain in power. If there is TRUE freedom of religion in Malaysia, the Malays may convert to Christianity, Buddhism etc. and the ruling regime cannot use religion to consolidate their power amongst the Malays. Ah—race and religion: how useful are these to remain in power.
As for sptay – are you living in the same country as I am? The article is correct. Yes, many moderate Muslims in Malaysia are not violent but many are silent when Islamic terrorists around the world commit their acts. Even Mahathir now has the cheek to say that 9/11 might have been staged! Once in a public university, I saw a flyer which says ‘Kami Benci Israel’(translated: We hate Israel). Did the Jews do us any harm? Isn’t all these hatred because it is inherent in Islam?
About turning the other cheek – you quoted it out of context. Yes, Christians should NEVER resort to violence and doing to Muslims what they do to us(ie persecute us). We should love Muslims. But we should also speak the truth in LOVE. What is love if there is no TRUTH? Speaking the truth means we should:-
1. Evangelize the Muslims – Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.(2Timothy 4:2). For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whoseover shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it. (Mark 8:35)
In Malaysia, we are forbidden by law to preach the gospel to Muslim Malays. It is thus an affront to what we Christians believe and are COMMANDED to do by our Lord!
2. Tell the truth about the evil of Islam – For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.(Ephesians 6:12). Anyone who has read the Quran and Hadith will know the TRUE nature of the religion. It is a religion bent on world DOMINATION – not unlike Hitler’s fascism but added in is Allah(‘God’). Far more powerful than Hitlerism, Maoism or Stalinism because ‘God’ is put in place. Westerners don’t realise that ‘moderate Muslims’ are not practising TRUE Islam which aims to subjugate ALL ethnic groups to one religion – Islam : either peacefully or by force. It is pure theocracy that controls ALL aspects of life – religion, economics, politics, societal etc. There is no such thing as apolitical Islam. Islam is a POLITICAL religion.

Penang, the West is blinded by political-correctness and a guilt-trip that is self-imposed. That is a wide topic that will just lengthen my comments and so I shall not comment here.

2Malaysia because reality in Malaysia is NEVER the 1Malaysia Najib keeps bragging about. 2Malaysia is more like it : The Masters are “Tuan Melayu”- chauvanistic, Muslim Malays who from time to time will show their kris with the threat of spilling the blood of ‘Chinese pigs’ and other ‘infidels’(such as Christians?) while other non-Malay, non-Muslim Bumiputras(like Ibans, Kadazans etc.), Chinese,Indians etc. are relegated to second class citizens who are denied rights but yet must work hard for their Masters and still be patriotic to a country that treats them second-class. THAT is the REAL Malaysia.

At least 1,000 people set fire to the Pentecostal community places of worship. According to local Muslims, the two buildings did not have the legal permits as "churches." The Nahdlatul Ulama admits the violence of radical Islamists against Christians.

Meanwhile tension remains high in Sibuhuan. The Pastor of the Pentecostal church has fled for fear of violence.

The Pastor of Sosa, the Rev. Rickson Nainggolan is defending his community. The fire, he says, serves to scare the Christians and stop their activities. He also points his finger at police who knew of the tensions since last Christmas and have done nothing to secure the situation.
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/North-Sumatra,-two…

It is so unfortunate that the world is so easily fooled.

Malaysia keeps on telling the world that it is a model country of "racial harmony" and "religious tolerance" but actually it is nothing of the sort. And all the while when the "leaders" go to United Nations or any international conference and repeat that same line, we in Malaysia feel so sick to that damn lie.

But the world community just believe everything – line, hook and sinker.

What we do not understand is why in the world the Western country are so blind?

The truth is everywhere – in Churches that are not permitted to build/rebuild and there is one Catholic church that took over 30 years to build because of official disturbance – in all the very glaring official racist policies, where those bumiputras get everything – in the judiciary system turning into Kangaroo courts, and so on.

Over time we in Malaysia understand one thing – the Western countries are blind.

They are not only blind in the case of Malaysia's lies, they are also blind to the fact that they (the Western countries) welcome Islam into their countries.

Europe is being invaded by Islam and no one cares.

Similar things are happening in the United States and in the South American countries.

Still no one cares.

Clearly not, since the attacks by Christians in the name of Christianity have been so few — perhaps a few dozen in the last many years. But since the number of attacks by Moslems in the name of Islam in the same time frame comes to hundreds of thousands, then it becomes reasonable to think that Islam and (virtually) all Moslems bear some of the guilt.