KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 — Persisting with an appeal in the “Allah” court dispute with a Sarawakian Christian would have been futile after a 1986 Cabinet and the Conference of...
KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 — Persisting with an appeal in the “Allah” court dispute with a Sarawakian Christian would have been futile after a 1986 Cabinet and the Conference of Rulers had decided that non-Muslims in Sabah and Sarawak could use the word under certain conditions, according to Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
“The government had already agreed in 1986 and the Malay Rulers had given their consent allowing the use of the word ‘Allah’ by non-Muslims in Sabah and Sarawak under certain conditions. He added that the Agong has consented for the recommendations to be presented to the Conference of Rulers. “I would like to ask why the other governments before this, including those in power two or three years ago, did not do anything about it?”
On April 18, the government and the home minister withdrew its appeal against the High Court's 2021 decision in Jill Ireland's case, which had quashed the Home Ministry's December 1986 directive which banned the use of the word “Allah” in Christian publications in Malaysia. News of the appeal withdrawal was reported on May 15, which was confirmed by Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.
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