Malaysian court rules non-Muslims may call God Allah

A court in Malaysia has ruled that Christians have a constitutional right to use the word Allah when referring to God.

The High Court said a government ban on non-Muslims using the word was unconstitutional.

The court was ruling on a lawsuit filed by the Herald, a publication of the Catholic Church in Malaysia, in 2007.

The authorities had insisted that Allah was an Islamic word which could only be used by Muslims.

The BBC's Jennifer Pak in Kuala Lumpur said some Muslim groups suspect the Catholic Church is seeking to encourage Muslims to convert to Christianity - a move which is illegal in Malaysia.

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Finally, some sanity!

Some people are just nuts. Allah means the one. let the people do something right for a change. its like that guy on Allah made me funny, can't remember his name, the asian guy with the big beard. and he goes about shaitan praying salat. "let the brother pray man!!"