The Malaysian Insider

A perfect example of 1 Malaysia, Christians don't need a newspaper.

this is wat we call " 1malaysia"...

ckp tk serupa bikin....

where got freedom of religion and expression. mana ada future disini. semua extremist saja.

And the show begins...

Fr Lawrence Andrews: Please do not close the Herald or stop its editorial team. Continue with the online version and at the same time a printer friendly version that can be emailed to all churches. Each church can get benefactors to photostat the copies for internal circulation ( not as a newspaper or a circulation that need silly permits). The government officials seem to have a real sickening inferiority complex. Looks like the church won after all as it created an impact on Malaysians who for so long just sat and accepted whatever was dished out to them..

Rev.Father Lawrence,no need to apply for the renewal of the publishing permit.
Get all the Christian Associations for a concensus to reject UMNO/BN and to
vote for Pakatan Rakyat.

Even PAS is more tolerant than the present half past Home MInistry under
Hishammuddin.Another reason to vote for PR,come the 13 GE.

Kerismudin is trying to show his teeni keris again?

A government that seeks to silence the voice of the people will eventually fall!

If Muslims are not allowed to publish their papers in the western world - God forbid! The Muslims around the world will be shouting, "Death to xxx", burn effigies, go on demonstrations, bomb something or somebody. This is Malaysia governing bodies's understanding of Islam and their "compassionate" and "tolerant" peace-loving religion with respect for Christianity and Jews. You people are showing the world your true religion. How can you ask others to accept your mosque and religion overseas, in Christian majority country, when you so heavily insult their religion.

Interesting way of expression freedom of religion, and 1Malaysia. When will Malaysia be able to progress to a level which allows true freedom of choice and expression?

Seems like the internet is the only place for that. I commend AgreeToDisagree for his choice to share his opinions here, even daring to take the risk of displaying his blatant ignorance and illogical mind. Apart from the inability to consider the influence of demographics in different countries and the reality of Christianity in the west (probably doesn't even know anything about Orthodox church he cited), it looks like he took some of those statements out of a centuries old political rally. Reminds me of UMNO. But I really commend him! If BN/UMNO can do that, so can we! Something Malaysia needs to see more in the open.

Sadly, our government is still trying to suppress that.

Another Cat and Mouse game with the government. Basically they reject, people complain, they approve (never apologize) then they say later "See 1Malaysia. We are so understanding. We give you the freedom!". Love the government line. If you complain about it as a minority group, you are told it's not your business or you are a pendatang or ungrateful. If you are a Malay, you are a traitor.

This has nothing to do with religion, Christianity or Islam. This is the ignorance of one man - the Home Minister who thinks he's greater than God.

Why is a permit necessary to print a newsletter which is solely meant for internal circulation among the members? I suggest that the Catholic church should put their newsletter on-line instead.

Sabahans, you are not important as well. I wonder why the ministry is so scared to have the publication in kadazan dusun.

1 malaysia konon.

To All Sabahans and Sarawakians,

All of you are irrelevant to KL Bosses, do as KL says and DON'T even try to question as you may be
angry if not entertained at all. Wake up time East Malaysians for you all have been conned.

I have never and will never trust our BN or any of our government bodies. They are such an insecure bunch of people with full of nothing but bullshit and are daylight robbers. I m sure the church will find a peaceful solution for this, after all we are known as peace loving people. Talk about 1Malaysia.

They are just flexing muscles because they think they can get away with the church and the Christians. Its also a shiok sendiri expedetion to satiate Muslim appetite for bravado for those innocent Muslims who don't know any better and who are easily impressionable. Also to show Muslims elsewhere that they are ahead of them in keeping the ummah cleansed. But more importantly they got to show they are the real defenders of Islam in Malaysia. Not PAS!!

Father Andrew, just tell the Home Minister that they can kiss goodbye their potential votes from all the Catholics East and West Malaysia! maybe that will do the trick!

Where are all the fair-minded Muslims, we need you to speak up!

Where are all the non-Muslim politicians, too scare to speak up?

we are the gentiles.. with so many graces that our Heavenly Father gives to each one of us.
we already knew, it is by His Wisdom we know the truth, it is by His Holy Spirit we are called by His Children and we call Him as Our Father. We are trained to be like Lord Jesus. How bless we are if compare to them (Muslim or Pagan people). Muslim don't allow to call Allah as "Our Father" but they called themselves as "Hamba Allah". How special we are if compare to them. The fact is that everyone will die one day, and they (Muslim) also will die too. Let we combine our prayers in Jesus name to pray for this kinda people. No power has strong in the world than a little prayer with humble heart. Like Jesus, we must always remember, that the world is not belong to us because the world is not recognise us.

It is a sad day for 1Malaysia Government to ban the Herald for publication and circulation to its Catholics members next year. This merely shows that those responsible in the Home Ministry are just mere parochial and introverted bureacrats who are too short-sighted to see the changing signs of times.

By the rash decision the Home Minister has dented the 1Malaysia Policy that PM Nazib announced not so long ago. Such policy merely aggravates the already polarised environment in the country.

The PM has recently appealed to the nation to ignore the racist remarks and anti-religious comments and actions made and fomented by some bigots in the country. And, I urge our PM to seriously look into the Home Ministry set up and see if those in office are really fit to be serving there. In my view, they are jnust square pegs in round holes.

The level of inter-religious tolerance appears to be one-sided. It appears that non-muslims are much more tolerant than their muslim counterparts where it comes to inter-reicious dialogue, discourse and hermeneutics.

If the muslims so claim that they are decendents of Abraham, then they must be prepared to follow and accept the teaching of the Old Testament. I just wish to remind my muslim brothers and sisters that God, The Almighty, answered Moses that His name is, "I am that I am". He has never been known as Allah in Torah. "Allah" is the name coined and assigned very much later by men to represent the Almighty God.

The fundamental objective of any religion is to learn and obey its teachings and worship God so that one may establish a personal relationship with Him and become a better human being so that He may look with favour to admit him into His Heavenly Kingdom whereto He recalls His mortals.

Even though the Christians have been done in by prematurely removing their rights to publish the Herald, we will continue to pray for prudence and guidance that one day He will restore them their inherent right to resume the Herald.

While the case is pending in the High Court, I reckon that the action by the Home Ministry was premature and subjudice and it has the effect of undermining and usurping the role of the Judiciary.

May God, The Almighty, continue to forgive and bless those who know not what they do.

This paper is only sold in their catholic churches around Malaysia. It is not openly available at the newspapers vendors. Furthermore, the ministry had asked them to print the bold Terhad, Not for Muslims in the front page itself. So how the helll can this paper fall into a Muslim's hand? and got him confused? and want to convert?
What a stupid logic those blokeheads have? Are they so called championing for Islam? Is that what Islam calls for, to get rid of the other religions? Why the other Arab muslim countries have no problem with this 'Allah" issue but only Malaysia. Is Malaysian muslims more knowledgeable and holy than their Arab breathrens?
If Malaysia does not have diplomatic relations with the Vatican, why in the first place Tun Mahathir went to visit the late Pope John Paul II?

God is omnipotent. He sees all, He knows all. If God is for us, whom shall we be afraid of?
Actually we should feel sad for Home Minister and in fact forgive him for he know not what he does (literally). I think by stopping a christian publication or two will not stop the Gospel from being spread.
If one could show forgiveness, love and compassion for those who have wronged you - Gospel has been shared by those actions itself, yes?
Having said that, easy to say, hard to do, including me, but I believe it is something we as sons and daugthers should learn to be like.

Salam 1Malaysiastan

Its high time that the Christian and non Muslim Ministers/Members Of Parliament stand up to be counted instead of remaining silent. So too, should the honourable Nazri and other fair minded Muslim Ministers and Members of Parliament speak up in the course of 1Malaysia if at all, 1Malaysia is for the masses. Respect to Christian and to people of other faiths is disappointingly not the order of the day.

Where are Kapal Singh, Lim Kit Siang and Anwar Ibrahim? They have people believe that they are the Champions of the minority and that, they advocate to fight for the rights of the minority, but to now, they remain very silent.