"Three churches fire-bombed in Malaysia January 8, 2010 by admin Filed under Malaysia, World Leave a comment Malaysiakini, 8 January 2010 A church has been fire-bombed in an attack that gutted its ground floor, church officials said, escalating a dispute over the use of the word ‘Allah’ by non-Muslims. Al least two other churches are also believed to have been attacked in the last 12 hours in the Klang Valley – the Assumption Church in Jalan Templer, Petaling Jaya and the Life Chapel Church in Section 17, Petaling Jaya. A fire department official said all stations were on alert for more blazes at religious buildings, ahead of planned nationwide protests today by Muslim groups angry over the use of the word as a translation for ‘God’ by Christians. The three-storey Metro Tabernacle church in Desa Melawati, Kuala Lumpur, part of the Assemblies of God movement, was set ablaze in the attack which took place around midnight, said church leader Peter Yeow, 62. “Witnesses saw four people...
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"Metro Tabernacle Church The First. What’s Next? Waking up heading to work knowing about this shameful act marks my first working Friday of the decade. How wonderful that is! Officials: Church Set on Fire in Malaysia By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: January 7, 2010 Filed at 3:07 p.m. ET KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Unidentified attackers set fire to a church in Malaysia early Friday amid a growing conflict in the country over the use of the word ”Allah” by non-Muslims, officials said. Only the first floor office of the Metro Tabernacle Church was destroyed in the blaze that started a little after midnight Thursday, said church spokesman Kevin Ang. The worship areas on the upper two floors were undamaged, and there were no injuries. The church is located in a three-story building on a shopping street in Desa Melawati, a suburb of Kuala Lumpur, the main city of this Muslim-majority country. Fellow Malaysians do give a pat on your back as the country we loved that serves awesome Nasi...
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