Let me just reproduce the press statement by two persons recently (on 8 July):
We are deeply concerned that two Muslim men acting on false information that the Catholic Church was converting Muslims into Christians had recently entered a Catholic Church service for the purpose of gathering information as to whether this was occurring.
They were also [...]
By Deborah Loh, The Nut Graph
The non-Muslim family members of Mohan Singh a/l Janot Singh cannot be a party to the dispute over his body as the core issue of his religious status at the time of death can only be determined by the Syariah Court, the High Court here heard.
Lawyer for the Selangor Islamic [...]
KUALA LUMPUR, May 28 — The Catholic Church failed in its bid to get permission to use the word “Allah” while its suit to overturn the government ban is still being heard in the High Court.
Reverend Father Lawrence Andrew
The High Court here said the Catholic Church must wait until it decides conclusively on whether it [...]
(Reuters) – A MALAYSIAN court granted permission to a Christian to challenge the authorities for seizing religious material that used the word ‘Allah”, national news agency Bernama reported on Monday.
The decision represents a minor victory for Christians in this mainly Muslim country who have challenged a ban imposed by the Home Ministry against the use [...]
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) — A Malay-language Bible that does not use the word “Allah” has caused controversy among Malaysian Catholics, as the church here fights a court case to guarantee its right to use the word. The Catholic Herald newspaper, in its Sunday edition, criticised the release this week at an international bookfair of the [...]
Inconsistent, insensitive translations of ‘Allah’?By: Dzulkifli Abdul Razak (Wed, 11 Mar 2009)
Prof Dzulkifli Abdul Razak in his article in The Sun on Mar 11, wrote about the Christian Bible and its translation in Bahasa Indonesia (Alkitab). Unfortunately he manifested not only his lack of understanding in the specified field of bible translation but also an [...]
Kota Kinabalu: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Vice-President Datuk Dr Jeffrey Kitingan on Saturday appealed to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak to immediately revoke the fatwa (decree) on the use of 32 words by non Muslims in Sabah. He said this is so that Malaysians here can practise their religion freely without any fear [...]
By Fr Lawrence Andrew, SJ
Kuala Lumpur: A Malay- Arabic word has been politicized and it has become the bone of contention for some people. The Kuala Terengganu UMNO delegate Datuk Zubir mbong at their recently concluded UMNO General Assembly said that he was “very suspicious why Christians want to translate the word God into ‘Allah’. [...]
PKR leader Anwar Ibrahim, who was on a two-stop swing through Batang Ai yesterday, hoped to raise the consciousness of the Iban of their need for redemption from poverty.
Anwar’s first stop was Kampong Nanga Kesit, located at the end of a bumpy 7km ride over a gravel road that leads off the main Seri Aman- [...]
DUTA Keamanan PBB, Haji Salleh Kalbi (gambar) menggesa semua pihak agar tidak membincangkan isu penggunaan nama ‘Allah’ secara terbuka kerana dibimbangi akan menimbulkan ketegangan agama dan permusuhan kaum.
“Isu ini tidak patut timbul lagi sekarang kerana Kerajaan Negeri Sabah telah menyelesaikan isu ini dengan baik dan tanpa sebarang bantahan daripada semua pemimpin Sabah,” ujar Salleh daripada [...]
MIRI – (This article was publish on the 10th March but due to technical error was missing, republish again, Happy reading)
Sarawak will not gazette the prohibition on the use of the word `Allah’ in Christian publications hastily, Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department (Islamic Affairs) Datuk Daud Abdul Rahman said on Mar 9. According to [...]
Wednesday, 25 March 2009 09:29am
Datuk Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s statement regarding the Bar Council’s on-line poll on the use of the word “Allah”, as reported in the media on 23 March 2009, makes for disappointing reading in our country’s continuing democratic discourse.
We are confident that Malaysians will rise above mere polemics and will not [...]
Sabah politician and senior lawyer Ansari Abdullah has supported the stance of the Sarawak government and various leaders on the right of Christians to use the term ‘Allah’ for God.
“I would feel proud if everyone uses ‘Allah’. Men are born from the same parents, the prophet Adam and Eve,” said Ansari, who is Supreme Council [...]
SH Mohd,
The confusion with the illegalising the use of the word Allah by non-Muslims has to do with a gross misunderstanding by the Muslims on the meaning of the word. It is just the Arabic for God.
Different religious faiths have different words for God, depending on the language used. Some people here seem to [...]
SHAH ALAM, March 12 — The Bar Council may face legal action from the Selangor Islamic Religious Council (Mais) for holding an online poll on the use of ‘Allah’ by non-Muslims in their publications.
Mais chairman Datuk Mohamad Adzib Mohd Isa said they were consulting their legal advisors on what action can be taken.
Mohamad said the [...]
Pemuda Majlis Gereja Malaysia (Pemuda CCM / CCM Youth) merasa kesal dan bimbang atas larangan Kementerian Dalam Negeri (KDN) terhadap gereja Katolik menerbitkan edisi bahasa Malaysia akhbar The Herald-The Catholic Weekly.
Pemuda CCM juga berpendapat bahawa larangan edisi Bahasa Malaysia ini tidak munasabah, malah tidak adil saksama. Bukankah gereja kita diterima sebagai sebahagian masyarakat majmuk negara [...]
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