By The Way: FPI too busy talking to God

Sun, 06/08/2008 12:01 PM  |  Headlines
Christians are so close to God that they call Him “father” in prayer, while Muslims are so far away from Allah that they need loudspeakers to talk to Him.
This is an old joke, but I couldn’t tell you earlier because I was afraid. If Rizieq Shihab had found out, he [...]

Moderate groups under fire for silence over radicals

Abdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta/Thu, 06/19/2008 9:59 AM
Moderate Muslim organizations and political parties have come under fire for failing to demonstrate their religious tolerance following a government decree against an Islamic minority sect.
As major moderate groups, the nation’s two largest Muslim organizations Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and Muhammadiyah should have prevented the issuance of a [...]