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Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin. -filepic
PUTRAJAYA: The Home Minister has urged all parties to respect the judicial process after a High Court ruled that Christians can use the word “Allah” in religious publications for educational purposes.
Advising people not to make assumptions about the ruling, Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainuddin said the ministry will decide on the next course of action after the written judgment is obtained.
“In the meantime, I call on everyone to remain calm, ” he said.
Apart from the word “Allah”, the Kuala Lumpur High Court also ruled that Christians can use three other Arabic words: Baitullah, Kaabah and solat.
[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 Christians can use word Allah after court ruling
Judge says a government ban on its use by non-Muslims conflicted with the constitutional rights of religious freedom
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A church of the Borneo Evangelical Church in the Bario Highlands. (Photo supplied)
Following a legal battle that dragged on for more than a decade, Malaysia’s High Court has allowed the use of Islamic words including “Allah” by Christians and other non-Muslim communities in the country.
The court on March 10 ruled that non-Muslims can use “Allah” for God as well as “Kaabah” (Islam’s holiest shrine in Mecca), “Baitullah” (house of God) and “solat” (prayer) for religious and educational purposes including prayers, publications and religious services.