Allah ban against court order, Cabinet decision, Selangor told


KUALA LUMPUR, January 10 Lawyers in a "Allah CD" case have formally written to tell a Selangor Islamic Religious Council (MAIS) which a Selangor Sultan's ultimate ban upon a make use of of "Allah" by non-Muslims is disrespectful of a 2009 High Court sequence as good as in dispute with a 2011 sovereign supervision preference upon a matter.
In a minute to MAIS yesterday, a lawyers merged papers to both decisions to remind a legislature which a settlement to a debate had long been reached, notwithstanding a ultimate eremite charge over a same issue.
File print of a Alkitab. Lawyers have pronounced a new ban upon a make make make use of of of of a word 'Allah" is discordant to a justice sequence as good as a Cabinet decision.
"MAIS's action, which is inconsistent as good as discordant to a sequence of a court, appears to belittle as good as disrespect a justice decision," a lawyers pronounced in a minute sealed by Annou Xavier, who is additionally a member of a Kuala Lumpur Catholic Lawyers' Society (CLS).
The initial request attached to a minute is a copy of a 2009 justice sequence where Jill Ireland, a Sarawakian Christian, was postulated accede to plea a government's previous lien of multiform of her eremite CDs which gimlet a word "Allah". The second request is a Apr 2011 round to Christian Federation of Malaysia (CFM) chairman Bishop Ng Moon Hing which was sealed by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak himself, stating which Christians as good as those of alternative faiths can import as good as make make make use of of of bibles in any languages together with Bahasa Malaysia.
In a run-up to a heated Sarawak state polls, a sovereign supervision had upon Apr 2, 2011, issued a 10-point resolution to a "Allah" controversy, permitting a publication as good as distribution of a AlKitab, a! Malay-l anguage Bible which it had impounded due to a make use of of "Allah" to impute to a Christian God.
As such, Annou pronounced which by unexpected banning non-Muslims in Selangor from regulating "Allah", MAIS had not usually contradicted both a justice as good as sovereign government's decisions, though had additionally contravened Article 11(3) of a Federal Constitution which, he said, stipulates which those of all alternative faiths in Malaysia had a right to conduct their eremite practices freely.
"We goal MAIS will not prolong this emanate of non-Muslims regulating 'Allah' in a media as good as instead apply oneself a justice preference as good as every individual's right to leisure of religion," a counsel wrote.
The Kuala Lumpur High Court had upon May 4, 2009, postulated leave to Jill Ireland to plea a Home Ministry's seizure of her eremite CDs temperament a word "Allah" a year earlier.
In a order, it was decided which Jill had a right to "own, receive, use, import, discharge as good as posses" any materials with a word "Allah" upon it.
In a conditions of a order, Jill was additionally postulated a declaration which it was a "legitimate expectation" for her to retain or make make make use of of of these materials for a purpose of conducting her eremite faith freely.
Jill, a member of a Sidang Injil Borneo (SIB) church, had sued a ministry for confiscating her personal collection of CDs during a airport in 2008 simply because they gimlet a word "Allah".
The 29-year-old racial Melanau had demanded which a CDs titled: "Cara Hidup Dalam Kerajaan Allah", "Cara Menggunakan Kunci Kerajaan Allah", "Ibadah Yang Benar Dalam Kerajaan Allah" as good as "Hidup Benar Dalam Kerajaan Allah" be returned notwithstanding a ministry's explain to her which a equipment were a hazard to inhabitant security.
The "Allah" charge was reignited recently when Lim Guan Eng, secretary-general of a opposition DAP, raise! d a argu mentative emanate in his Yuletide summary propelling a sovereign supervision to lift a ban upon a word published in a Malay bibles shipped into Sabah as good as Sarawak, who form a bulk of Malaysia's 9.2 per cent Christian population.
In response, MAIS suggested upon Tuesday which Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin had called for an emergency meeting with state Islamic eremite officials to club non-Muslims from regulating a Arabic word for god.
The matter from a state's top Islamic management came notwithstanding a High Court ruling in Dec 2009 which a word "Allah" was not limited to Muslims as good as a Catholic Church had a right to publish a word in a Malay territory of a weekly newspaper Herald.
But notwithstanding a Selangor Sultan's decree, Pakatan Rakyat (PR) reliable upon Tuesday a mount upon a controversy, insisting which Islam does not demarcate others from regulating a word.
PAS boss Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang told a joint press conference with PR leaders in Petaling Jaya which Christians as good as alternative non-Muslim communities should not abuse a word to spread confusion between Muslims though this did not meant they were not authorised to make make make use of of of a word.
"Islam does not stop those of alternative faiths from usingkalimah'Allah' in their practice, although [in a make use of of a word by non-Muslims] it does not impute to a original definition of a word as according to a al-Quran," he said.
In new years, a Christian as good as Muslim eremite communities have been intent in a tug-of-war over a word "Allah", with a latter group arguing which a make make make use of of of should be exclusive to them upon a drift which Islam is monotheistic as good as a word "Allah" denotes a Muslim god.
Shipments of a Alkitab, a Malay-language Bible catering to a Bahasa Malaysia-speaking Bumiputera Christians, were shut off or confiscated during ports prior to a supervision eventually bowed! to vigo ur as good as expelled them in 2011.
A 10-point resolution was subsequently issued, seen as a move during a time to rage Christian anger forward of state elections in Sarawak, a state where a bulk of a country's Christian community resides.
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