by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 18, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Governance, Malaysia, World Issues
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian churches yesterday said they have refused to collect about 35,000 Malay-language Bibles being held by the authorities at two Malaysians ports, after the government insisted on attaching conditions for their release. The government, which had...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 15, 2010 | 2010, Articles, Church, Gender, Leadership, World Issues
“Are women allowed to be leaders in this organization?” I knew I was being naughty but I did want to know. We were having a discussion on vocation and I had tried to make the point that both men and women should be encouraged to discover and pursue their...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 7, 2009 | 2009, Articles, Governance, Malaysia, Race, World Issues
(AP) Dozens of Malaysian Muslims paraded Friday with the head of a cow, a sacred animal in Hinduism, in a dramatic protest against the proposed construction of a Hindu temple in their neighborhood. The unusual protest by some 50 people in Shah Alam, the capital of...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 31, 2009 | 2009, Articles, Race, World Issues
Film director Yasmin Ahmad dies KUALA LUMPUR: Award-winning film director Yasmin Ahmad has died from massive bleeding in the brain at the Damansara Specialist Hospital. She died at 11.25pm yesterday. She had undergone surgery following her collapse at the TV3...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 20, 2009 | 2009, Articles, Governance, Malaysia, World Issues
My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man’s anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires. Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 20, 2009 | 2009, Articles, Justice, World Issues
Saw the following news item yesterday. MOSCOW (AP): A jury in Moscow voted unanimously Thursday to acquit three men in the killing of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, dimming hopes for justice in a case that has mocked Russia’s claims to be a modern...
