Past Programs
Religion and Beliefs - 2008
'Allah' in Malay
06/09/2008
The word for 'God', in all translations of the Christian Bible into the Malay language, has always been 'Allah'. But, in Malaysia, the government prohibited the use of the word by the Catholic weekly paper, The Herald, declaring that it is only to be used by Muslims. Though, since then, the Kuala Lumpur High Court has granted leave to review that government order.
Cities in hymns
08/03/2008
On the language of hymns and, in particular, the theme of cities, both celestial and earthly, that seem to have yielded in these latter days to cold, bare reality.
