KUALA LUMPUR: The Home Ministry today filed an appeal against the High Court ruling that the Herald, the Malaysian Catholic weekly, can use “Allah” as God’s name.
It will file tomorrow an application for a stay of execution of the court order which was made on Dec 31 last year.
“The notice of stay of execution will be filed tomorrow at the Kuala Lumpur High Court registry while the notice of appeal was filed at the Court of Appeal registry today,” Bernama quotes senior federal counsel Datuk Kamaluddin Md Said as saying.
When the High Court decision was announced on Dec 31, Kamaluddin informed the court that he would seek directions from the Home Ministry and the government whether to appeal or to apply for a stay of execution of the ruling.
Judge Lau Bee Lan had ruled that pursuant to Articles 11 and 12 of the Federal Constitution, the Herald had the constitutional right to use the word in the education of Catholics.
The Herald, which is printed in four languages, has been using the word as a translation for “God” in its Malay-language section.
“Allah” is widely used as the name of God among Sabah and Sarawak tribesmen, most of whom speak Malay and many of whom are Christians.
Some Muslims object because the Quran teaches against the belief in a triune god and asserts that Allah is “the One and Only … the Eternal, Absolute; He begetteth not nor is He begotten. And there is none like unto Him.”
FMT
04/01/10
It will file tomorrow an application for a stay of execution of the court order which was made on Dec 31 last year.
“The notice of stay of execution will be filed tomorrow at the Kuala Lumpur High Court registry while the notice of appeal was filed at the Court of Appeal registry today,” Bernama quotes senior federal counsel Datuk Kamaluddin Md Said as saying.
When the High Court decision was announced on Dec 31, Kamaluddin informed the court that he would seek directions from the Home Ministry and the government whether to appeal or to apply for a stay of execution of the ruling.
Judge Lau Bee Lan had ruled that pursuant to Articles 11 and 12 of the Federal Constitution, the Herald had the constitutional right to use the word in the education of Catholics.
The Herald, which is printed in four languages, has been using the word as a translation for “God” in its Malay-language section.
“Allah” is widely used as the name of God among Sabah and Sarawak tribesmen, most of whom speak Malay and many of whom are Christians.
Some Muslims object because the Quran teaches against the belief in a triune god and asserts that Allah is “the One and Only … the Eternal, Absolute; He begetteth not nor is He begotten. And there is none like unto Him.”
FMT
04/01/10
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