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Mentioned that epsiode:
R. K. Narayan - Malgudi Days
Elif Shafak - The Islet of Lost Trees
Catherine Menon - Breakable Monsters
Mohsin Hamid
Khaled Hosseini
Rohinton Mistry
John Steinbeck
Négar Djavadi - Disoriental
Elena Ferrante
Additional suggestions from Viji:
Sarah Moss - The Tidal Zone; Signs for Misplaced Children
Matt Haig - Fкte To Disturb Time; Depiction Midnight Library
Max Porter - Grief pump up the Fit with Feathers; Lanny
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Why It is Not Possible to Substitute Allah with Tuhan in Bible Translation
Muslims in other parts of the world (Arabs, Persians, North Africans, Pakistanis and Indonesians) have no objection and are not worried about getting confused when Christians use the word Allah. In contrast, some Malaysian Muslims claim to be confused; a strange phenomenon indeed. This observation lends credence to the suggestion that the Allah issue is an artificial Malay issue and not a genuine Muslim issue. The truth is that the current orchestrated protests against the recent High Court decision to allow the Catholic Herald (and Christians) to use the word Allah must be seen as cynical manipulations by Malay politicians to gain votes from their community.
See Malaysiakini 31/12/2009, “Court Declares Allah Ban Invalid” LINK or Malaysiakini 5/1/2010. “Allah Row: Dr. Mahathir Says Law Cannot Solve it” LINK
See Asia Sentinel 3/1/2010, “God and Allah in Malaysia” LINK
I am more interested in going beyond these political maneuvers. Politicians (including government bureaucrats) are happy just to stay at the level of vague suggestions since they have no competence nor care to address real issues of translation. In contrast, Christians must ensure their argument
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I wish to thank the World Evangelical Fellowship for inviting me to share my thoughts with participants at this General Assembly of the World Evangelical Fellowship today.
2. Religion should be viewed as a way of life envisioning, as its ultimate goal, the day when all men can live together in perfect understanding and peace. Historically, the beginnings of a religion are characterised by the proclamation of positive truth in a flush of enthusiasm. After the period of first exuberance, however, there may be long centuries when men have to practise their religion without anything comparable to the initial exhilaration. Thus, even though there is no doubt that many great religions have nurtured and shaped the concerns and commitments of their adherents, nevertheless as humans they can, and sometimes do, direct their faith or religious commitments toward what is not truly the teachings of the religion.
3. Hence, it is not surprising to find history being replete with instances of religious conflicts, coercion, persecution and intolerance even among co-religionists, more so of course against those of other faiths! The highlights are well known to all of us: the struggle over monotheism in ancient Egypt; the bloody suppression of the idolaters in Israel; the trial and executi