Posted in Malaysia: Dialogue on August 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Malaysia is a great importer of theologies and ideologies. Here is what to unlearn on its 50th anniversary.
Two countries, India and Pakistan, went separate ways this month sixty years ago: one secular, the other Islamic. This is what Mohammad Ali Jinnah said at the time:
“You will find that in the course of time Hindus would [...]
Posted in Snippets on August 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
First, Third World myths:
Hans Rosling debunks the myths. See his amazing statistics in video.
Next, Third World mentality:
That, above, was Taslima Nasrin of Bangladesh in India recently. She says religion, including Islam, does not respect women, so several Islamists were trying to beat her into changing her mind.
It could well happen in Malaysia and it does happen, [...]
