Assalamualaykum..
Dear bro abd sis... I m quite distress with the news from court proceeding in Malaysia whereby a catholic group want to declare that the word of ALLAH is not exclusive to islam. The foloowing is newspaper news about this issue (Published in STAR on 5th May 2008).
What is your opinion? Is there a basis in islam itself? I am asking this because muslims in Malaysia so quiet about this issue and i don't know what islam stand on this issue.
Personally I feel ALLAH is exclusive to muslim, if others start using and associated themselves then a lot of shirks and unjustified attribute would be associated to ALLAH...
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High Court grants Church leave to seek judicial review
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court on Monday granted the Catholic Church leave to seek judicial review over the government's decision to forbid the use of the word "Allah" in its weekly publication Herald.
In January, former Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Abdullah Mohd Zin said the Herald was not allowed to use the word "Allah" in its publications, citing Cabinet decisions on the matter.
He said restrictions on the use of the word "Allah", as decided by the Cabinet in two of its meetings on Oct 18 and Nov 1 2006, were in force and were to be upheld.
On Dec 31 last year, the publication’s editor Father Lawrence Andrew said the weekly was allowed to continue printing its Bahasa Malaysia section with no restriction on the use of the word "Allah" for God.
He said a representative from the Internal Security Ministry delivered a letter dated Dec 28 with the permit to print the newspaper and that according to him, the letter did not place any restrictions whatsoever.
The newspaper carries reports in English, Bahasa Malaysia, Tamil and Chinese, about the Catholic community. It has a circulation of 12,000.
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Dear bro abd sis... I m quite distress with the news from court proceeding in Malaysia whereby a catholic group want to declare that the word of ALLAH is not exclusive to islam. The foloowing is newspaper news about this issue (Published in STAR on 5th May 2008).
What is your opinion? Is there a basis in islam itself? I am asking this because muslims in Malaysia so quiet about this issue and i don't know what islam stand on this issue.
Personally I feel ALLAH is exclusive to muslim, if others start using and associated themselves then a lot of shirks and unjustified attribute would be associated to ALLAH...
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High Court grants Church leave to seek judicial review
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court on Monday granted the Catholic Church leave to seek judicial review over the government's decision to forbid the use of the word "Allah" in its weekly publication Herald.
In January, former Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Abdullah Mohd Zin said the Herald was not allowed to use the word "Allah" in its publications, citing Cabinet decisions on the matter.
He said restrictions on the use of the word "Allah", as decided by the Cabinet in two of its meetings on Oct 18 and Nov 1 2006, were in force and were to be upheld.
On Dec 31 last year, the publication’s editor Father Lawrence Andrew said the weekly was allowed to continue printing its Bahasa Malaysia section with no restriction on the use of the word "Allah" for God.
He said a representative from the Internal Security Ministry delivered a letter dated Dec 28 with the permit to print the newspaper and that according to him, the letter did not place any restrictions whatsoever.
The newspaper carries reports in English, Bahasa Malaysia, Tamil and Chinese, about the Catholic community. It has a circulation of 12,000.
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