YESTERDAY, as I was on my way home I was alerted by SMS that Tok Guru was visiting St. Francis Xavier Church at Jaan Gasing at 5:00pm. This was a magnanimous gesture, and I was not going to miss this. When I arrived at the Church the media was already there and parishioners were unaware of why the media was present. The evening service was to commence at 5:30pm. Heavy traffic on a Sunday caused by a heavy shower delayed Tok Guru's arrival until 5:35pm. Whilst the service was on Fr. Simon was on hand to receive Tok Guru.
I am sure the congregation would have loved to greet and hear this revered personage, but it was not to be. I was hoping that could happen but it did not.
However, Tok Guru said that he wanted to visit the Church which was torched. A police officer volunteered to escort Tok Guru to the Assumption Church. When Tok Guru arrived the service had begun ahead of the 6:00pm service as it was the Harvest Festival and a Tamil service had already begun. Tok Guru met with the Parish Priest Fr. Philip Muthu but I could not catch the conversation. But you and I can imagine what transpired.
In mid-morning whilst I was at the PJ Sessions court witnessing the case of our 22 arrested friends during the eve of Bursih candlelight vigil, I received an SMS alert about a proposed demonstration organised at the Assumption Church for sometime this week. I immediately called Fr Philip Muthu to confirm this message I received. Earlier I had read that Selangor CPO warned about any demonstration by the Church.
Fr. Philip is aware of this SMS and he catergorically denied this and asked me to pan it down to readers that this was a mischievous rumour. Fr Muthu told me that he had informed Malaysiakini about this
HERE.
So people, be wary of this mischief that will still prevail.
Unker Zorro, lest you get too distracted by all the "Allah" thing, you ought to read the report on how money is leaving Malaysia in alarming rate.
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Something is up.
I love the Tok Guru.
ReplyDeleteBut why the big deal about him visiting the church.
Najib and other Umno leaders did the same.
Nice to know you like at least one Muslim.
Tok Guru is truly showing us what Islam is!
ReplyDeletealso heartened when i read that muslim ngos pledge security support for churches. that is truly heart warming - can imagine they might be the red berets pas awam boys?
ReplyDeleteShould have taken the Tok Guru to the friendly neighbourhood watering shed after the holy visit.
ReplyDeleteIt would probably surprise him that people of different races worship the bartender more than the Al Mighty!
In all seriousness, the less fuel thrown into a burning fire, the better.
Hopefully maturity prevails, despite varied differences, as no one benefits from civil unrest.
A GOOD MAN DOES NOTHING.
sms - works both ways. pros and cons.
ReplyDeletefuture statements/announcements only from zorro/people's parliament/etc...? to avoid confusion, ok? necessary?
4RAKYAT
Uncle Zorro,
ReplyDeleteVery magnanmious gesture indeed! Tok Guru visiting a church! Too good to be true. Have not seen Najib do that, have we?
This have nothing to do with Tok Guru's visit,
ReplyDeleteI have a better idea than all the half past sixes ministers combine.
Since the issue is about "Allah" and nothing else.
Let the Christians and Churches continues to use the Allah word until there is a divine signal to them to drop it.
To the Muslims whom are against the Christians using the Allah word , wait until there is a divine sign from Allah that he is against it as well.
In other words , let Allah make his decision.
Why make life so difficult for everyone? Wait for Allah to show his sign.
Fair right?
Hantu mana pulak tu yang hantar SMS? Tujuannya hanyalah satu. Mencipta suasana huru hara!
ReplyDeleteThose goons that torched the churches knows that is "bad" & "wrong" but yet they still do it...!!
ReplyDeleteNow they wanna "make it" look like its a retaliation from the Christians...
This is what you call "The Art Of War".
How is it that these goons CAN keep on torching churches & till now still not been caught yet...?????
Becoz "still under control..." !!!
WHAT WILL BE CONSIDER SERIOUS THEN, Mr Home Minister???
Dear Zorro,
ReplyDeleteIndeed true, we, all Malaysians irrespective of race, religion must be wary of the HANTUs and THE UNSEEN HANDS out there planning this ultimate game.....
This is the game of the desperates! Cheap souls using God's name to fan hatred and chaos.....hoping to benefit out of the calamity......
Roughly we peace loving Malaysians know who they are!
The MIND!!!
This Allah and other issues is being played by some politicians to look like, that Islam religion is under seige by the non-muslims. I want to ask my muslim brothers, how is it possible when muslims hold more that 60% of the votes. Don't be fooled by these traitors who is playing this very dirty politics. Salam.
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ReplyDeletesent u an email of a church in Java that might interest u & the readers. hope u'v rec'd it. let's pray that sanity rules. as the saying goes, 'an eye for an eye & pretty soon the whole world wud go blind ...'
That stupid dickhead CPO from PDRM is trying to intimidate the non-muslim when they just want to hold a candlelight virgil. It is amazing that when those religious bigots who wanted to demonstrate on the word ALLAH, he dudok diam diam and do nothing.
ReplyDeleteWhat fairness and moralistic are our blue uniform???
They are just a bunch running dogs similar to those religious bigots who behaved worst than monkeys destroying the good image of Islam.
If these people are still not confident despite being the majority in Malaysia, I really do not know what they want!
ReplyDeletePinsysu, yes I retrieved what you sent. You would have noticed by now that I have not posted on the churches that were targeted. Enough has been said and I do not want to aggravate the situation. It will not help solve what has been done. I would rather go for those who are spreading mischievous rumors.This is my thinking. I could be wrong. I keep praying and hoping that good sense will prevail.
ReplyDeleteThanks again.
alright3 ....as a humble christian, i
ReplyDeletewill NOT insist on using dat 'word'
in fact i will NOT mention dat 'word' again ! i have a 'choice' ie.
tak mau guna it ....Fellow christians, let's drop the claim & GOD will BLESS us more than what we need, ok...amen !
IF our sinless LORD Jesus could sacrifice HIS precious life for our sins ....what is a 5-letter 'word' la ?
ReplyDelete60 long years ago , i was named
'len cai' BUT now i have stopped using it for i don't have to show lagi .
We have a CHOICE & that is
'tak nak' !!
Let peace prevail & beware of
21-12-2012 lagi baik !!
How can a Muslim claim to be a Muslim when he can't understand Islam what more other religions of this world?
ReplyDeleteDear Zorro,
ReplyDeleteSo far, almost all political leaders have shown up to face the media!!!
Why lose out???
It's all about POLITICS!!!
If the TG had announced a donation of RM$$$ to the churches, then it's wow..wow..wow!!!
Other than that we ALL know..lah!!!
Stones thrown at Sikh temple in Sentul
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The attacks on places of worships in Malaysia escalated today with another attack - this time against a Sikh temple in Sentul where stones were thrown damaging a glass door.
Police found about 20 big stones near the broken window of the 100-year-old Gurdwara Sahib Sentul temple yesterday evening.
Temple volunteers who were doing gardening said they heard sound of broken glass at 6.45pm and went to investigate. One of the volunteers, who is a police officer, informed the police about the attack.
Temple committee chairperson Gurbial Singh said that no one spotted the assailants. He said that the Sikh scripture use the contentious word 'Allah'. Temple officials are urging devotees to remain calm.
The latest attack came in the wake of a spate of fire-bombings against churches across the nation, triggered by the High Court's Dec 31 decision to lift a government ban on non-Muslims using 'Allah' as a translation for 'God'.
The ruling in favour of Catholic newspaper The Herald, which argued for the right to use 'Allah' in its Malay-language section, was suspended last week pending an appeal, after the government argued that 'Allah' is exclusive to Malay Muslims.
Exco and MP visit temple
At least nine churches have been attacked in Malaysia since last Friday in the wake of the High Court decision.
Seven churches were firebombed - four in the Klang Valley, two in Taiping and another in Seremban.
The worst hit was Metro Tabernacle Church in Desa Melawati, Kuala Lumpur, where the ground floor of its three-storey building was gutted.
An additional two churches were attacked - a church in Malacca was splashed with black paint, while stones were thrown at a church in Miri, Sarawak, breaking one of its glass windows.
Selangor executive councillor Elizabeth Wong and Selayang parliamentarian William Leong (photo below) visited the Gurdwara Sahib temple at 10.30pm.
'Allah' in Sikh holy book
During the court hearing of the Herald case, Malaysian Gurdwara Council president Jagir Singh filed the application seeking an intervention.
In his application, he said the word 'Allah' was contained in the Sikh holy book, the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji.
Jagir said the Sikh scripture was from God and that not a single word in it could be changed, amended or replaced.
The council, which represents the Sikh community, was among those which applied to intervene in the matter.
A number of Muslim organisations - the Penang, Terengganu, and Perak Islamic Religious Councils, Malay Customs Council and the Federal Territory Islamic Council - had also applied to intervene, arguing that they too had an interest in the case.
However, their applications were rejected by the court.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Greetings Tok Guru. You truly demonstrate what a Muslim should be!شباس
ReplyDeleteApparently more Gurdwara's(Sikh temples) have been attacked, but its hearsay, once its confirmed can I request you to publish and condemn this heinous acts as well?
ReplyDeleteSue
ReplyDeleteWhat rot are you talking about.
Sounds like you enjoy what is happening now.
You guys stay cool, yeah!They use the name of The Almighty to deny ever knowing a dead woman; they use HIM again to officiate the 2nd sodomy festival; and now they use HIS name to orchestrate some chaos to initiate Mageran (a state of emergency), where all states will be under federal rule.........then they might use HIS name to snatch Selangor and Penang.
ReplyDeleteSo guys stay cool to derail their plans. Stay united as "1Malaysia" to give them a taste of their own medicine.
May peace be upon all Malaysians.
There we go again. Here we have a minister who talk sense one minute and all of a sudden talk cock the very next minute.
ReplyDeleteHave this guy lost his brain?? East Malaysia christian can use Allah while West Malaysian cannot!! My whole family is christian. My brothers and sisters reside in WM while my parents in EM. Imagine when they came to WM to pray where they cannot use Allah. What is 1Malaysia then??? Now we have 2Malaysia or may be 3..4Malaysia... ...Goodness gracious, we really have a bunch of clowns running Bolehland. Guarantee to be in number ONE status for being the most laughable country on earth.