Catholic Church 'Allah' appeal shot down in Malaysia

[trotsky]

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/01/catholic-church-150121100311536.html

Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia's highest court has rejected the Catholic Church's application to appeal a ban on its use of the word "Allah" in the Malay-language section of its newspaper, the Catholic Herald, bringing to an end a protracted legal battle over constitutional rights.

The five-man panel, headed by Federal Court Judge Abdul Hamid Embong, on Wednesday dismissed unanimously the application, the second by the Church.

The bench said there was no indication of any "procedural unfairness" in the court's earlier decision not to allow the Church's appeal.

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Malay-speaking Malaysians, mostly indigenous people from the Borneo states of Sabah and Sarawak, have long used "Allah" as the Malay translation for "God", but in 2008 the government threatened to withdraw the paper's permit if it continued using the word.

Yes, lots and lots of time and money were spent arguing this. And yes, it is the 21st century.

[Tobin S.]

1. They could really use some separation of church and state over in that area of the world.

That's my standard response for stories like that.

[Act_of_Reparation]

2. Religion had nothing to do with this.

Obviously.

[beam me up scottie]

3. Way to go, trotsky.

Atheists' irrational hatred of catholic people is once again going to cost Dems the 2016 election.