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Malaysia Highest Court Upholds ‘Allah’ Ban for Non-Muslims
“Unite in defending the word Allah. Fight to the last drop of blood.”
More from those moderate countries the West hangs it’s illusions on – lessons in Islamic supremacism. Always violent, always supremacist in “defense” of Islam.
And this ban on the word for god in the Malay Christians native language, best illustrates the nature of Islamic supremacism, enshrined in Islamic law (sharia). It also demonstrates the universal understanding this vicious supremacism among the ummah. Churches have been burned and Christians attacked by their Muslim neighbors if there is any perception that they have uses the word allah.
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Malaysian Court Reserves Word ‘Allah’ for Muslims,” By Celine Fernandez, Wall Street Journal, June 23, 2014
Malaysia’s Top Court Dismissed Catholic Church’s Request on Use of ‘Allah’PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia—Malaysia’s top court on Monday dismissed the Roman Catholic Church’s request that it be allowed to appeal a ruling barring it from using “Allah” to refer to the Christian God in its newspaper.
The high-stakes case, which dates back seven years, has provoked strong feelings in the Muslim-majority country at a time when advocates of conservative Islam have been growing in influence.
The Catholic Church first brought a case in 2008 to try to overturn a determination by Malaysia’s then-home minister, Syed Hamid Albar, the year before that prohibited the Herald newspaper from using the word “Allah” to refer to the Christian God and argued it should be used solely by Muslims.
The minority Christian population had hoped that a win in the case would strengthen religious tolerance in a nation where Islam is the state religion.
An initial ruling in favor of the church in 2009 sparked mob vandalism and arson at both Christian and Muslim places of worship.
Last October, the Court of Appeal overturned the lower court’s ruling which said the Church had the constitutional right to use Allah. It ruled that the use of the word ‘Allah’ wasn’t an integral part of the Christian faith and therefore overturned the lower court ruling which said the Herald had the constitutional right to use the word Allah.
A three-member judicial panel concluded, “It is our common finding that the usage of the name ‘Allah’ isn’t an integral part of the faith and practice of Christianity.”
Some opponents accused the church of using the word “Allah” to try to convert Muslims to Christianity—an accusation church officials denied.
About 100 Muslims gathered on Monday outside the federal court building in Putrajaya, carrying banners and signs in the local Malay language which read, “Unite in defending the word Allah. Fight to the last drop of blood.”
Chief Justice Arifin Zakaria, writing for the 4-3 majority, said the Court of Appeal “applied the correct test, hence it is not open for us to interfere.”
Murray Hiebert, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C., said Monday’s ruling is a significant marker in Malaysia’s history toward religious minorities.
“This ruling suggests that Malaysia is moving further away from its long-standing religious policy of moderation toward increasing Islamization of the society,” Mr. Hiebert said. “It would appear that conservative Muslims are exerting greater influence over the country.”
(In 1999, Mr. Hiebert, then a journalist at a publication owned by Dow Jones & Co., which owns The Wall Street Journal, was jailed for several weeks by a Malaysian court after losing an appeal against a conviction in which a judge ruled that he “scandalized the courts” in an article he wrote.)
A spokesman for the government, which defended the exclusive use of “Allah” by Muslims, appeared to read the ruling as limited to the Herald newspaper—a key matter for other Christian groups.
“The government respects the decision of the court and asks all parties to abide by it. The ruling only applies to the Herald newspaper’s use of the word ‘Allah,’” the spokesman said.
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