10/03/2019 Malaysia (International Christian Concern) – Last Friday, a 42-year-old political activist lodged a report at the Dato Keramat police station claiming that the Methodist Girls’ School (MGS) in Penang had recited Christian prayers before the national anthem was sung. The
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08/26/2019 Malaysia (International Christian Concern) – The Malaysian police have arrested 519 people suspected of having been involved in terrorism as of July, according to Home Minister Muhyiddin Yassin. Without giving a breakdown of the numbers, he said that they comprise
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Malaysia’s highest court dismissed an appeal today (27 February) against four appellants who wanted to be formally recognised as Christians. The five judges of the Malaysian Federal Court ruled that in matters of conversion away from Islam, it was necessary
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Malaysia has become a breeding ground for IS recruitment, weapon smuggling and communication. Located within easy reach of three active centres of Islamic extremism – Mindanao in the Philippines, Arakan in Myanmar and the southern provinces of Thailand – Malaysia
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A Bahasa-language Bible, in which the word ‘Allah’ is used for God (World Watch Monitor) A Malaysian Christian woman’s campaign for Christians’ right to use the word “Allah” for “God” has resumed in Malaysia’s High Court. Jill Ireland has been campaigning
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Tuesday, May 23, marked 100 days since the Feb. 13th abduction of Pastor Raymond Koh near his home in Petaling Jaya, West Malaysia. Investigations by the police on his whereabouts have been frustrating for the family as authorities are more
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A local pastor, who is well-known among the Christian community in Malaysia has been reported to be abducted by a group of masked men on 13Feb 2017. Up to now there has been no news from his captors, no demand
Read moreIn Malaysia, Christian leaders of all denominations have slammed a bill that would increase punishments for hudud crimes by the Islamic courts, in accordance to Sharia (Islamic law). The Council of Churches of Malaysia (CCM), which includes Anglicans, Methodists, Lutherans
Read moreEvangelical Church leaders in Sabah, North Borneo, are resisting the pressure from some political parties to impose Islamic rules to the entire population of Sabah. Reverend Jerry Dusing, leader of the Evangelical Church of Borneo, stated that “Sharia will not
Read moreOn the last day of Malaysia’s latest session of Parliament, a member of the ruling coalition, UMNO (United Malays National Organisation), had a bill amendment approved which has provoked an outcry in the country, as it aims to tighten the
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