Home News Room USCIRF In the News 1/26/2010: Use of word "Allah" sparks attacks on churches in Malaysia - Christian Week
1/26/2010: Use of word "Allah" sparks attacks on churches in Malaysia - Christian Week PDF Print

By Geoffrey P. Johnston
 

http://www.christianweek.org/stories.php?id=816


"Attempting to restrict the language for God used by Christians in Malaysia or censoring publications and other religious texts used by religious groups is a troubling restriction of religious freedom, experienced both by Malaysian Christians and many Muslim groups," says Scott Flipse, director of the East Asia and Pacific program at the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom.

For over two years the government has been locked in a legal battle with Malaysia's weekly Catholic newspaper, The Herald, over the issue of religious censorship.