Religious authorities insist 'Allah' only for Muslims

Federal religious authorities in Malaysia upon Friday urged Muslims to safety a sanctification of their conviction by not allowing non-Muslims to make make make use of of of a word "Allah" in their scriptures.

The Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim) warned which non-Muslims who do so are out to upset Muslims.

"It is very clear which today enemies of Islam are looking to obstruct as well as criticise a Muslim community's faith," a dialect pronounced in Friday's sermon review via a Federal Territories.

"Muslims contingency be organisation in safeguarding a sanctification as well as a identity of their religion."

But Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein urged calm after a call by a organisation in Penang to burn Bibles at a weekend to criticism an appeal by Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng to allow non-Muslims to make make make use of of of "Allah" in their scriptures.

The group, calling itself a Anti-Bible Bahasa Melayu (Anti-Malay Bible Action Force), has distributed pamphlets calling upon Muslims to j! oin a mass Bible blazing Sunday in Butterworth, 290 kilometres north-west of Kuala Lumpur.

"I titillate all of us to be receptive as well as to remain cool so to not hurt a peace in our society," Hishammuddin said.

The debate over a make make make use of of of of a word "Allah" first erupted in 2007 when a Home Ministry stopped a Catholic announcement from regulating a word in its magazine.

The church sued a government, as well as a justice ruled in Dec 2009 ! which a make make make use of of of of a word "Allah" is not disdainful to Muslims in Malaysia, where 60 per cent of a more than 29 million people profess a Islamic faith.

The preference triggered attacks upon some Christian churches as well as protests by Muslims via Malaysia.

The Home Ministry appealed a preference as well as is available a ruling. In a meantime, state leaders have released edicts which demarcate non-Muslims from regulating a universe "Allah."

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