Malaysian police arrest eight over Allah attack

Malaysian police have arrested eight people “believed” to be connected with the firebombing of a Pentecostalist church in Kuala Lumpur earlier this month.

A letter to a Muslim friend

Recently, someone whom I consider a very close and trusted friend, and who is a Muslim, wrote an email to me with a very simple question: “What was The Herald asking for exactly?” (K.Anand, Malaysian Insider)

Malaysian govt won’t drop Allah appeal

The Malaysian government will be not withdraw its appeal against the High Court ruling allowing the Catholic Church to use the word “Allah” in its newspaper, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has announced.

Malaysian govt concedes on Allah for Borneo states

Malaysia’s government has said that it allows the use of the word “Allah” by East Malaysian Christians when referring to God in the Malay language.

Malaysian church lawyer’s office ransacked

The two lawyers acting for Catholic newspaper, Herald Malaysia, in the “Allah” case, have found their office ransacked and robbed.

Malaysian bishops in bid to defuse crisis

Urging reconciliation following recent attacks on Christian churches, Malaysia’s bishops say they are working with the government in a bid to find a juridical solution to the “Allah” crisis.

In the name of Allah

In the late 1980s, when I was in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, a friend suggested that I drive out into the desert near Jubail to see the oldest extant Christian church in the world. (Gwynne Dyer, The Korea Times)

Vatican warns over ‘annihilation’ of Christians

Sarawak Christians are looking at a challenge against the confiscation of CDs referring to “Allah” while Vatican Archbishop Robert Sarah has warned that recent attacks are designed to “annihilate” the church.

Inside Story - Religious violence in Malaysia

A news report looks that the Malaysian row over a court ruling allowing the Herald weekly to use the word “Allah” to describe God.

Six Malaysian churches attacked over ‘Allah’ decision

The number of Malaysian Christian churches hit by firebombs and vandal attacks has reached six following a court decision last week to allow Christians to use the term “Allah” in Malay language publications.
A Molotov cocktail was hurled at the Anglican All Saints Church in Taiping town in Perak state early yesterday, said state police chief [...]

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