(CNN) -- Two more churches in Malaysia were firebombed Sunday, bringing the total to six since a court ruled that non-Muslims can use the word "Allah" as a term for God. [so, the government is determining which words may be included in the Church's liturgy??]
No one has been hurt in the attacks, which began Friday. They follow a high court's ruling that Christians can use the word "Allah" in literature printed in the country's official language, Malay.
In Malay, the word for God is "Allah," as it is in Arabic.
But many in the predominantly Muslim country, including the government, believe the word should be exclusive to Islam.
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"Homilies on the Divine Liturgy" by Hieromartyr Seraphim Zvezdinsky
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2 comments:
Matt,
I heard today that another church in Algeria was beat up pretty badly. Here is the link to the article:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100111/ap_on_re_af/af_algeria_burned_temple_3
Thanks, Mike. I hadn't heard about that. It's frustrating that people who are scandalized and outraged by the depiction of their "prophet" in a newspaper editorial have no problem whatsoever burning Bibles and desecrating croses. And I loved this: "Authorities don't want to get involved because they're worried of getting in trouble with the Islamists..."
Wow!
Here's another recent story out of Egypt. This time, the Christians are pushing back.
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