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Jill Ireland Lawrence Bill’s lawyers Annou Xavier (right) and Lim Heng Seng (left) are seen at the Kuala Lumpur High Court after the court’s quashing of the government ban on the word ‘Allah’ in Christian publications, March 10, 2021. ― Picture by Hari Anggara
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KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 A total of 54 federal and state lawmakers from Sabah and Sarawak have come together in a bipartisan effort to ask the federal government to discontinue its appeal against the High Court’s quashing of a decades-old government ban on the word “Allah” in Christian publications.
Правителство и съдебна система в сблъсък за думата Аллах в Малайзия
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Malaysian Govt Appeals Ruling Allowing Christians to use Allah in Publications — BenarNews
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[Reuters]
Malaysian Christians are allowed to use the word “Allah” to refer to God in educational publications, a High Court ruled on Wednesday in ending a decades-long ban, which the court said was unconstitutional because it restricted religious freedom.
The Kuala Lumpur High Court further ruled that a 1986 directive by the home ministry to bar the use of Allah and three other Arabic words in Christian publications was illegal and irrational, because Malay Christians had used these words for more than 400 years, the state-run Bernama news agency reported about the verdict.
“The use of the words would not disrupt public order,” Judge Nor Bee Ariffin said in her ruling allowing Christian publications to use not just “Allah, but also the words “baitullah,” “kaabah” and “solat.”
Malaysian court allows Christians to use Allah in publications
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