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That's good news..

PLwk - I have nothing good to say about JAIS especially after the yoga fiasco [most recently the BEP and Beyonce thingamagic]. I just think they are overpaid Whilst women whom are mensurating are advised against entering a mosque, there are absolutely no rules about non-Muslims being shown inside or around the compound of a mosque. I would be more than happy to show you around the mosques [usually its just the historical ones that would interest any tourists] in Singapore if this would interest you. I do believe that there are the administrative offices in most of the mosques here that you can just drop in and seek permission to have a look.

Lokies I am glad you know your scripture, but I fear you do not really understand it. God knows we are sinners but loves us anyway. So why would you condemn, invoking His holy Name, what amounts, as you inferred, to an entire country? As Plwk said, the bishop is somewhat removed from any type of flock, and his job sounds rather cushy. laoshiyan, I am glad you don’t have your finger on “the button”, as you would wipe out 95% of the world population, and the rest of us, the animals and the plants, weeks later. kel00 thinks the Pope is on his way to hell...you have in essence joined the same condemnation by Fred Phelps of Westboro Church in Topeka, the "God hates fags" people. Catholics do not believe non Catholics are going to hell. None of us has any authority to judge, including kel00 and Phelps. I was in Brunei on a guided tour, and we were shown the inner sanctum of the mosque, as well as the other facilities and classrooms, feet washing areas, etc. No cameras. Same as the Buddhist temples. And anyone who thinks all Buddhists are tolerant you'd better think again. So thanks CHATUCAK, for promoting civility among us.

The pope is on his way to hell for this, I'm sure... :P

Interesting the way the Muslim Council is going to challenge a law in the UK.... I wonder what would happen if it was the other way around... :S

haha i just have this thought, let's go to vatican city and venerate the icon of Cher as Holy Gay Mother of the Drag Queen Cabaret.

hey, what the law in vantican city? can you be imprisoned by kissing a guy. have an urge to fly over there and pash my bf in front this bishop now;

hoho, they think they "respect" people who do belong to the catholic church, yet they think people who are not are going to hell. biatch.

Ah to my fellow Malaysians, latest update on the local scene, akin to the Bishop's attitude: Non Muslims in the state of Selangor are now not allowed to enter mosques and are compared to 'menstruating women'. Sources: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/11/7/nation/5062851&sec=nation http://malaysia-today.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28372:asri-slams-jais-for-stopping-non-muslims-entering-mosques-&catid=19:newscommentaries&Itemid=100131 http://www2.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/42539-asri-slams-jais-for-stopping-non-muslims-entering-mosques

i am getting readdy to seige the vatican this is a fantoche state without any legal standing it should be abolished and take over by italy

NUKE VATICAN! NUKE JERUSALEM! NUKE MECCA! Organized religion is the ENEMY of the GLBT community, and should be treated as such!

Yes, Arthur, Michelangelo and Raphael were two famous gay men who contributed to the beauty of the Vatican, and they certainly were not the only and/or the last ones to set foot in the tiny state. If you go to Rome and talk with Roman gays they will make you laugh telling you how a MAJORITY of the Swiss guards are NOTORIOUSLY gay, as well as MOST of the guys who work for Radio Vatican. And the priests, of course... well, many of them chose the job for reasons that are, to put it mildly, unclear. The catholic church must have considered hypocrisy as a cardinal virtue (at least since St Irenee), otherwise how could one explain the efforts they put in practising it with such unrelenting zeal, from the holy bottom (hihihi) to the holy top ? In the case of that bishop, heavy stupidity had to blend in with the usual dose of hypocrisy to produce such idiotic comments... a) I've visited many mosques and I'm no muslim b) Being gay is not a religion, you can be gay AND catholic (no, I won't comment on that one), so his remark is like comparing carrots and a Beethoven symphony in terms of kilos.

what is the bible/koran if not a diverse collection of folklores from thousands of years ago passed down orally in languages long ceased to exist? and then the jews, muslims and christians came along, edited and translated (and re-translated serveral times in some cases) to fit their own agenda when they were trying to establish themselves as a religion (and conveniently forgetting their pagan origin in the mean time). the question is: why would any rational human in the 21st century wish to live their life by something as hocus pocus as that? and even more ludicrous is the insistence to make the bible/koran prescriptive (rather than descriptive as it actually is) and dictate peoples' lives. have we really lost our ability to think and reason?

Guys... STOP HATING START LOVING... Let's teach those considered 'holey' men the art of loving!!!

anyway, have given up to go to that fake religious place lonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng time ago, only the ignorant ones will think that it's a true pilgrimage place. as far as i know, there are as many gay priests living there as the straight one! so good luck catholic! (you really need that)

guys guys guys... we just have to be quiet about it when we walk in... simple :)

As a Mainer, abroad in Taiwan, I am deeply ashamed! The Great State of Maine is no longer great.

Maybe they should put a "homosexual" sensors for blocking gay people into entering the "holy ground". Hmm but that would make vatican's residing population (consists ONLY of priests) decreased by 90%...

I'm with Mr. Balls on this one!

Once again religion shows it is totally out of touch with reality and human nature. But why wouldnt they object, after all religions ( all religions) can only thrive in the presence of ignorance. Education is the enemy of god(s)