Karen Armstrong in Malaysia *updated

Dr Karen Armstrong was in Malaysia for the conference on "Islam and the West: Bridging the Gap" organised by Wisma Putra’s Institute of Diplomacy and Foreign Relations.

Her keynote speech is "The External and Internal Challenges of Islam"
...We (Muslims) have to spread the message of peace...

Muslims must project an image of peace if they are not to affirm Western prejudices against Islam...By showing that Muslims are peaceful, it does not mean that they are being feeble or pushovers for the West...It, in fact, takes great strength to stand for peace in a world which has become increasingly violent. It is an internal challenge for Muslims against the bigotries of the West...

read more here in NST

Her public lecture "The Role of Religion in the 21st Century"
...We all need to practice our religion...

Religion is a matter that should be put into concrete practice in order to discover the truth

read more here in NST

You can read the article regarding her interview with Utusan's Zin Mahmud here

Ditanya apakah yang menarik tentang Islam? Beliau meletakkan pluralisme sebagai sifat agama ini yang menjadi kekuatan.

Totally agree on her view that Islam's strength is in its theology; the pluralism, this is what make Islam unique, although the religion is facing all sort of challenges esp. by non-Muslim's common sense arguments, no one can argue Islam's pluralism belief.

Im not sure what is her current faith, but thats none of my business, its between her and the Creator. However, what she is doin is awesome.
Semoga beliau akan mendapat hidayah dari-Nya sekiranya masih belum terbuka pintu hati, Amin.

p.s. Above highlight which I extracted from the news is not enough. You can read more here written by MarinaM, she was there listening live