Eversince High Court Judge Lau Bee Lan ruled on New Year’s Eve that the Roman Catholic newspaper, The Herald, can use the word “Allah” in its publication because it is not exclusive to Islam, the stand taken by the Government is that the word “Allah” belongs exclusively to Islam in the Malaysian context. Barely a week ago, [...]
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It has been a long time since the last Ramadan and we have not heard of Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno being caned. You may remember that Malaysian model Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno was caught drinking alcohol in December 2008. She was subsequently charged in the Syariah Court and sentenced to a fine of Rm5,000 and 6 strokes [...] After staring eyeball to eyeball with the Christian community over the Allah ruling by High Court Judge Lau Bee Lan, it was the Malaysian Government that blinked first. In an interview with East Malaysian press, including The Borneo Post, Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Aziz, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department said: “Christians in Sarawak and Sabah [...] By now you must have heard or read about the attacks on 4 churches (yes, police has confirmed a fourth incident at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Jalan Othman, Petaling Jaya) following the ruling by High Court Judge Lau Bee Lan on New Year’s eve that the word “Allah” is not exclusive to Islam, and [...] One unusual outcome of the current controversy over the ruling on New Year’s eve by High Court Judge Lau Bee Lan that the word “Allah” is not exclusive to Muslims and that the Roman Catholic Church can continue to use that word in its publication, The Herald, is to hear former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad [...] High Court Judge Lau Bee Lan who ruled on New Year’s Eve that the word “Allah” is not exclusive to Islam and that the Roman Catholic news magazine, The Herald, is free to use that word has now ordered a stay of execution pending the outcome of an appeal lodged by the Malaysian Government through its [...] The ruling by High Court Judge Lau Bee Lan on New Year’s Eve that the word “Allah” is not exclusive to Islam and that the Roman Catholic Newspaper, The Herald, can continue to use it has polarized the Malaysian Muslim community. Now former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has this advice for the Malaysian leaders [...] On Monday, the Home Ministry filed an appeal to the Court of Appeal against the ruling by High Court Judge Lau Bee Lan allowing the Roman Catholic’s magzine, The Herald, to use the word “Allah” in its publication. This was followed by a separate application filed with the Kuala Lumpur High Court for a stay of [...] So how did Malaysian Muslims react to the New Year’s eve High Court ruling by Judge Lau Bee Lan that the Roman Catholic’s weekly, The Herald, can continue to use the word “Allah” in its publication? First, the Prime Minister’s Department said it will, in cooperation with the Home Ministry, appeal against the Kuala Lumpur High Court’s decision. [...] The High Court in Malaysia has just ruled that a government ban on the Roman Catholic’s publication, The Herald, for using the word “Allah” is unconstitutional. Judge Lau Bee Lan said the Home Minister’s decision to ban The Herald is illegal, null and void. In effect the judge agreed with Roman Catholic Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur Murphy Pakiam, [...] |
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