The High Court granted leave today to the publisher of The Herald to file for a review of the government’s decision to prohibit the Catholic weekly from using the word “Allah” in its Bahasa Malaysia segment.
Justice Lau Bee Lan ruled that The Herald has grounds for a hearing, and dismissed the submissions by the [...]
In a move that threatens to further inflame already mounting religious and ethnic tensions, the Malaysian government announced that certain Arabic words such as “Allah” cannot be used in the literature, gospel and speeches of non-Muslim faiths. Three other commonly used words ordered excluded from non-Muslim lexicon are “Baitullah” (House of God), “solat” (prayer) [...]
Here’s a headline to get the little gray cells puzzling: The Malaysian government has “reminded” — that is, ordered — a Catholic newspaper published in the country not to use the word Allah.
Why not? “To avoid confusion.” See if you think it succeeded.
Malaysia’s population is mostly Malay and mostly Muslim, but the country has [...]
The Herald - The Catholic Weekly publication is not allowed to use the word “Allah” in its publications, the Cabinet decided.
The restrictions on the use of the word “Allah” was still enforceable and shall be upheld as decided by the Cabinet in two of its meetings – on Oct 18 and Nov 1, 2006, [...]
Malaysian authorities are to allow a Catholic paper to continue to print, after earlier threatening to revoke its license in a row over the word “Allah,” a church leader said yesterday.
Augustine Julian, secretary of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference, said a new license had been granted to the weekly, which would continue to use the [...]
A junior minister had earlier warned its printing permit, due to expire today, would not be renewed if it continued using the Malay word for “Allah,” which the government says can only be used by Muslims.
Mohamad Johari Baharum, junior minister in the internal security ministry, said that the Herald would receive a new permit [...]
The publisher of Herald - The Catholic Weekly newspaper, which reports on the Catholic community in English, Bahasa Malaysia, Tamil and Chinese, has had its permit renewed.
The editor, Reverend Father Lawrence Andrew, said a representative from the Internal Security Ministry delivered the letter of approval, dated Dec 28, by hand at 10am Sunday.
Herald gets good [...]
…a Catholic newspaper in Malaysia is not being allowed to refer to God as “Allah” as it has always done. I guess the government thinks that Muslims have a monopoly over the word.
The Church has, quite appropriately, sued the government for this absurd pronouncement, arguing that the word “Allah” is merely an Arabic word [...]
A church and Christian newspaper in Malaysia are suing the government after it decreed that the word “Allah” can only be used by Muslims.In the Malay language “Allah” is used to mean any god, and Christians say they have used the term for centuries.
Opponents of the ban say it is unconstitutional and unreasonable.
It is [...]
Malaysian authorities have banned the Malay-language section of a Catholic weekly newspaper due to its use of the word Allah, a senior church leader said yesterday.
Brother Augustine Julian, secretary of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference, said the internal security ministry in a letter dated December 10 ordered a ban on articles in The Herald that [...]
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