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Malaysia Court Rules Non-muslims Cannot Use 'allah' by Enogoyes: 4:08pm On Oct 14, 2013 |
A Malaysian court has ruled that non-Muslims cannot use the word Allah to refer to God.The appeals court said that allowing non-Muslims to use the word would "cause confusion in the community". Christians argue that they have used the word in Malay for decades and that the ruling violates their rights. It came after the government said that a Catholic newspaper, The Herald, could not use the word in its Malay-language edition to describe the Christian God. Chief judge Mohamed Apandi Ali said on Monday: "The usage of the word Allah is not an integral part of the faith in Christianity." "The usage of the word will cause confusion in the community," he added...read more ..http://enogoyesgh..com/2013/10/malaysia-court-rules-non-muslims-cannot.html |
Re: Malaysia Court Rules Non-muslims Cannot Use 'allah' by Freiburger(m): 4:12pm On Oct 14, 2013 |
Taking bigotry to a new level. :- |
Re: Malaysia Court Rules Non-muslims Cannot Use 'allah' by UjSizzle(f): 5:43pm On Oct 14, 2013 |
Situations like this make you appreciate Nigeria |
Re: Malaysia Court Rules Non-muslims Cannot Use 'allah' by ALVA001: 4:39am On Oct 15, 2013 |
ere are some christians 'dying' to use d word Allah 4 dia God, and ere in 9jra some of dia brodas say Allah is d name of a god. aw more can a pple be confused. some folks ere in 9ja are just block-headed. |
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