tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38085367.post125686747768016730..comments2024-03-19T09:06:21.507-04:00Comments on Irtiqa: Malaysia: More on ethnicity, religion, and politicsSalman Hameedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04327330113822656571noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38085367.post-91919773049692930892010-08-26T01:34:13.832-04:002010-08-26T01:34:13.832-04:00Hi Kevin,
"Richard Dawkins managed to convi...Hi Kevin, <br /><br />"Richard Dawkins managed to convince me otherwise... :P" <br /><br />I am thinking it won't be too long before you realize Dawkins is actually not all that convincing. :) <br /><br />I think astronomy speaks louder than Dawkins. :)Alinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38085367.post-11666602519742329052010-08-25T08:33:17.803-04:002010-08-25T08:33:17.803-04:00Riveting: glad I discovered the blog. for those in...Riveting: glad I discovered the blog. for those interested in indigenous science,I write at: http://nativescience.wordpress.com/c colemanhttp://nativescience.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38085367.post-81104397484562449352010-08-25T06:51:27.170-04:002010-08-25T06:51:27.170-04:00Hi Salman,
it's interesting that you linked t...Hi Salman,<br /><br />it's interesting that you linked this issue to the Islamic centre in New York; as I've sometimes had this feeling that Malaysian politics can be an 'Islamic' version of American politics. :) I am really glad that President Obama is making a stand on this issue, whereas the government in Malaysia has recently been pandering to the more extremist views - just to keep its votes. And while some quarters have even gone to the extent of claiming that Obama is a Muslim (and so what if he is one?), some here in Malaysia have sought to label the head of the opposition (Anwar Ibrahim) as being a traitor to Islam and a friend of the Jews, just because the opposition (which includes the Malaysian Islamic Party) has actually defended the rights of non-Muslims in using the word 'Allah'. <br /><br />Anyway, that's really interesting research you're doing there. I'll be very interested to learn about your findings with regards to the Malaysian Islamic view of evolution. Evolution was totally not in the science curriculum when I was in school.<br /><br />This actually gives me an idea: maybe I should try and get a similar survey done for the non-Muslims as well. :) Unfortunately for Malaysian Christianity, it gets a lot of its influence from American evangelicalism, so most Christians I know in Malaysia are Creationists. Even I started out as one in high school, until Richard Dawkins managed to convince me otherwise... :PKevinhttp://eppursimuov3.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38085367.post-12588673214370628322010-08-24T18:02:06.446-04:002010-08-24T18:02:06.446-04:00It looks like someone hasn't heard of Eloah.It looks like someone hasn't heard of Eloah.emrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00931870864104747021noreply@blogger.com