herald files writ of summons

from the star:

Thursday December 27, 2007
MYT 9:01:50 PM

Catholic paper files writ of summons

PETALING JAYA: The publisher of Herald – The Catholic Weekly has filed a writ of summons and a statement of claim in the Kuala Lumpur High Court to seek appropriate declarations of the use of the word "Allah".

The publisher said in a statement released Thursday that the Internal Security Ministry had issued a series of directives to the publisher to cease the use of the word "Allah" in the weekly.

The publisher also said that if they failed to do so, the publication’s permit would either be suspended or revoked.

“We have decided to have our legal position to use the word determined by the courts,” the statement said.

The weekly’s editor Reverend Father Lawrence Andrew said that the writ was filed on Dec 5.

The 13-year-old paper, which carries reports about the Catholic community in English, Malay, Tamil and Chinese, has a circulation of 12,000 for its members.

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note from me: those who insists that ‘allah’ is for muslims only, beside reading many of the comment in my blog and other blogs, explaining that ‘allah’ does not solely belongs to muslim, should also read farish noor’s well articulate writings that he wonder do malaysian muslim ever understand the word ‘allah’.