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１．KL Sikhs join Christians in legal battle over use of 'Allah' - Jul 5, 2008
KUALA LUMPUR - A SIKH group in Malaysia is demanding the right to use the world 'Allah' as a synonym for God and has joined a legal battle by Christians against a government order banning non-Muslims from using it. The Malaysian Gurdwaras Council filed an application at the Kuala Lumpur High Court on Tuesday seeking to join a suit by The Herald, a Roman Catholic newspaper, against the government over the use of the word 'Allah', said council president Sardar Jagir Singh
２．Sikh group joins protest against ban on use of word 'Allah' in M'sia - Jul 4, 2008
KUALA LUMPUR - A SIKH group in Muslim-majority Malaysia is demanding the right to use the world 'Allah' as a synonym for God and has joined a legal battle by Christians against a government order banning non-Muslims from using it, an official said on Friday. The Malaysian Gurdwaras Council filed an application at the Kuala Lumpur High Court on Tuesday seeking to join a suit by The Herald, a Roman Catholic newspaper, against the government over use of the word 'Allah', said council President Sardar Jagir Singh
３．Christian newspaper challenges M'sia's govt in court for right to use 'Allah' - Apr 25, 2008
KUALA LUMPUR - A ROMAN Catholic newspaper went to court on Friday to challenge the Malaysian government's ban on its use of the word 'Allah' as a translation for God. Authorities in this Muslim-majority nation ordered The Herald weekly in December to stop using 'Allah' in its Malay-language section
４．M'sian Catholics demand use of word 'Allah': lawyer - Apr 29, 2008
KUALA LUMPUR - MALAYSIAN Catholics on Tuesday demanded the right to use the word 'Allah' in their publication after the Muslim dominated government prohibited using the Islamic word for God. The Herald, a tabloid newspaper, is circulated among the country's 850,000 Catholics, with articles written in English, Chinese, Tamil and Malay
５．Christian weekly fights to lift ban on use of 'Allah' - Apr 26, 2008
KUALA LUMPUR - A MALAYSIAN weekly newspaper published by the Roman Catholic Church yesterday pushed ahead with a legal fight to quash a government ban on the use of the word 'Allah' in its publications. The case is the latest in a series of religious disputes that is feeding fears of a gradual erosion of the rights of non-Muslims in mainly Muslim Malaysia
６．M'sian Catholics win right to challenge 'Allah' ban - May 5, 2008
KUALA LUMPUR - MALAYSIAN Catholics on Monday won the right to mount a legal battle against a government ban on the use of the word 'Allah' as a translation for 'God' in their main publication. The Muslim-dominated government last year declared that the word could only be used by Muslims and threatened to close down The Herald newspaper if it defied the prohibition
７．For the love of God, stop grandstanding - Jun 7, 2008
A RECENT effort in Malaysia to ban non-Muslims from using 'Allah' as a synonym for 'God', on the pretext that it could 'confuse' the country's Muslim majority, has dealt another blow to the country's reputation for pluralism. The Herald, a Roman Catholic newspaper, last month cleared the first hurdle in its legal bid to contest the government's decision not to renew its licence unless its Malaysian-language edition ceased to use the word 'Allah'
８．Catholic paper wins first round - May 6, 2008
KUALA LUMPUR - A ROMAN Catholic newspaper cleared its first legal hurdle yesterday in its fight against a Malaysian government ban on Christians using the word 'Allah' as a synonym for 'God'. High Court Judge Lau Bee Lan ruled that prosecutors' objection to a lawsuit by The Herald weekly was 'without merit'
９．M'sian churches break taboo on politics - Mar 6, 2008
KUALA LUMPUR - MALAYSIAN churches have waded into the nation's charged politics, openly urging Christians to support candidates who back religious freedom in this weekend's election. Race and religious tensions have mounted in the run-up to the March 8 vote with Buddhist, Christian and Hindu minorities complaining their rights are being trampled by the Muslim-dominated government
１０．M'sia to renew visas for Indian priests - Apr 15, 2008
KUALA LUMPUR - MALAYSIA on Tuesday said it would renew or issue new visas for Indian priests, temple musicians and artisans after a ban earlier this year stirred concern among non-Muslim groups. Religious groups were up in arms in January over the sudden immigration ban on the three groups, mainly Hindu and Sikh, amid a series of rows over race and religion in recent months
１１．M'sian Muslim politician makes rare visits to church, temples - Apr 3, 2008
KUALA LUMPUR - A LAWMAKER from Malaysia's Islamic opposition party said on Wednesday he made rare visits to a church and temples to help assure non-Muslim minorities about their religious rights. Khalid Abdul Samad, a Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party lawmaker, said he wanted to ease suspicions among non-Muslims that his party wants to curb their religious freedoms
１２．Bibles seized wrongfully by Malaysian Customs - Feb 5, 2008
KUALA LUMPUR - A MALAYSIAN church group accused the government yesterday of harassing Christians after Customs officers seized 32 Bibles from an airline passenger. The Council of Churches of Malaysia said that, on Jan 28, officers at Kuala Lumpur airport confiscated the Bibles from a Malaysian Christian woman who had flown in from Manila
１３. M'sian customs officers wrong to seize Bibles: govt official - Feb 5, 2008
KUALA LUMPUR - A MALAYSIAN government official said on Tuesday that customs officers were wrong to seize 32 Bibles from a Christian traveller, after church groups alleged that it was another sign of religious intolerance in this Muslim-majority country. Ms Juliana Nicholas, a Malaysian national from whom the Bibles were taken on Jan 28, has been told she can collect the Bibles back, said a senior official from the Internal Security Ministry's publications control unit
１４. Church group slams M'sian airport officials for confiscating bibles - Feb 4, 2008
KUALA LUMPUR - A CHURCH federation slammed Malaysian customs officials on Monday for seizing 32 Bibles, saying the confiscation shows the Muslim-majority country is becoming less tolerant of other religions. The Royal Malaysian Customs department said it was only trying to determine if the Bibles were imported for commercial purposes.
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