Tag: The Herald

Malaysian woman wins 13 year fight for right to call God ‘Allah’

March 17, 2021 Malaysia 'Allah', Bibles, Catholics, Islamic extremism, Jill Ireland, Malaysia, The Herald

A Malaysian woman’s campaign for Christians’ right to use the word “Allah” for “God” has succeeded after almost 13 years of court hearings and delays. Jill Ireland Lawrence Bill has been campaigning for the right to use the word ever since immigration officials at a Kuala Lumpur airport seized eight . . . Read More

Jill Ireland back in court as Malaysia considers Christians’ right to call God ‘Allah’

October 27, 2017 Malaysia 'Allah', Borneo, Islamic extremism, Jill Ireland, Kuala Lumpur, Lawrence Andrew, Malaysia, Sabah, Sarawak, The Herald

This is a Bahasa speaking church meeting in East Malaysia where 'Allah' is used to refer to God. In 1986, the Malaysian government banned the usage of this word by Christians. The Catholic Herald fought against this ban for seven years in court but finally lost. This battle continues with the Jill Ireland case. (See article - Jill Ireland Case on 'Allah' Far from Over)

A Malaysian Christian woman’s campaign for Christians’ right to use the word “Allah” for “God” has resumed in Malaysia’s High Court. Jill Ireland has been 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 . . . Read More

Malaysian ‘Islamic Council’s right to intervene’ over Christian’s CDs dismissed

March 5, 2015 Malaysia 'Allah', Jill Ireland, Lawrence Andrew, The Herald

The Malaysian Court of Appeal has dismissed an application by the Federal Territories Islamic Council to intervene in a Christian’s case over her fundamental right to use the word ‘Allah’. Jill Ireland, a 33 year old clerk in Sarawak, had eight ‘spiritual’ CDs seized from her at an airport in . . . Read More

A battle lost, a campaign still to win

February 16, 2015 Malaysia 'Allah', Catholics, Jill Ireland, Kuala Lumpur, Lawrence Andrew, Malaysia, Sarawak, Selangor, The Herald

After a seven-year legal battle, Malaysia’s courts finally ruled against him. As of Jan. 21, Rev. Lawrence Andrew no longer can call God by the name “Allah” in his Catholic weekly newspaper, the Herald. In a country of 30 million people that is 60 percent Muslim, the courts agreed “Allah” . . . Read More

‘Allah’ is forbidden

January 21, 2015 Malaysia 'Allah', Catholics, Malaysia, The Herald

A panel of judges in Malaysia ruled on Wednesday that The Herald, a Catholic weekly newspaper, has no basis to challenge an earlier federal court order to stop using the word “Allah” in its pages to name God. The Herald’s legal odyssey began in 2009 when the government said the . . . Read More

Malaysian woman to get back ‘Allah’ Christian CDs

July 21, 2014 Malaysia 'Allah', Jill Ireland, Malaysia, Sarawak, The Herald

Malaysia’s High Court has ordered the return to a Sarawak woman of eight Christian CDs which had the word “Allah” in the title, which were confiscated in May 2008. The woman, Jill Ireland, tried to bring them into the country from Indonesia. She then challenged their seizure at the airport . . . Read More

Malaysia refuses Church right to appeal ban on use of ‘Allah’

June 25, 2014 Malaysia 'Allah', Hudud, Islamic extremism, Kelantan, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Najib Razak, PAS, Sabah, Sarawak, Selangor, Sharia, The Herald

Almost eight years after the Malaysian Catholic newspaper the Herald first sought to overthrow a government ban on it using the word ‘Allah’ for ‘God’ in its publication the judicial appeal process appears to have ended in failure. A federal court in Kuala Lumpur ruled on June 23 that it . . . Read More

‘Allah’ verdict postponed

March 5, 2014 Malaysia 'Allah', Islamic extremism, Malaysia, The Herald

Malaysia’s Federal Court has reserved judgment on a Catholic newspaper’s application to appeal against a ban on the use of the word ‘Allah’ in its publication. In a case which started in 2008, The Herald appealed to the Federal Court after the Court of Appeal’s Oct. 2013 decision to ban . . . Read More

Malaysia’s ‘Allah’ impasse

January 24, 2014 Malaysia 'Allah', Bibles, Borneo, JAIS, Kuching, Lawrence Andrew, Najib Razak, Petaling Jaya, Sabah, Sarawak, Selangor, The Herald, UMNO

Should Malaysia’s Muslims alone be afforded the right to use the word ‘Allah’?Abu Emran / Flickr / Creative Commons “God, what is your religion?” This cryptic question, spotted on a T-shirt at a packed public meeting on religious freedom in the Malaysian city of Petaling Jaya last week, sums . . . Read More

Herald boss investigated over ‘Allah’

January 9, 2014 Malaysia 'Allah', Bibles, Islamic extremism, Lawrence Andrew, Malaysia, The Herald

The director of Malaysia’s Catholic Herald newspaper, at the centre of the storm regarding Christians’ use of the word ‘Allah’, is being investigated for comments made in an article on December 27 claiming Catholics have a right to use the word. Lawrence Andrew, who is also a Catholic priest, is . . . Read More

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