Government ban against use of 'Allah' by non-Muslim minority

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Government ban against use of 'Allah' by non-Muslim minority

Post17 Oct 2013

There was a recent court decision in Malaysia which is going to impact on the Brahma Kumaris activities there, the Brahma Kumaris claiming that their god spirit, who since sometime after 1955 they have called Shiva, is also Islam's Allah.

Just wait until the Muslims learn the BKs are not just using the term but claiming it for the god spirit who possess their spirit mediums!
Government ban against use of 'Allah' by non-Muslim minority

A Malaysian appeals court on Monday upheld a government ban against the use of the word "Allah" to refer to God in non-Muslim faiths, overruling claims by Christians in this Muslim-majority nation that the restriction violates their religious rights.

"Allah" is the Arabic word for God and is commonly used in the Malay language to refer to God. But the Malaysian government insists that "Allah" should be exclusively reserved for Muslims because of concerns its use by others would confuse Muslims and could be used to convert them.

Malaysia's Christian, Buddhist and Hindu minorities have often complained that the government infringes in their constitutional right to practice religion freely, accusations the government denies.

Monday's judgment in the Court of Appeals overturns a decision by a lower court nearly four years ago that ruled against the government ban. Anger over that ruling sparked a string of arson attacks and vandalism at Malaysian churches and other places of worship.

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