Malaysia: right to say ‘Allah’
A Malaysian Christian woman’s campaign for Christians’ right to use the word ‘Allah’ for ‘God’ resumed in Malaysia’s High Court on 19 October.
World Watch Monitor
Jill Ireland began campaigning for Christians’ right to use the word ever since immigration officials at a Kuala Lumpur airport seized eight Christian CDs from her in May 2008 because the CDs used the word Allah in a Christian context. Ireland maintained that the court had failed to address her constitutional right as a Christian to use the word despite returning the CDs.
