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Thursday, January 10, 2013

Respect court ruling over 'Allah' row, says MCA


MCA has urged all Malaysians to respect the High Court's ruling that all Malaysians have the constitutional right to use the term ‘Allah’. 

Citing Justice Lau Bee Lan's ruling in Dec 31, 2009, MCA deputy publicity chief Loh Seng Kok said the ruling meant that the term was not exclusive to Muslims. 

"All quarters should respect the High Court's decision which ruled that pursuant to Article 11(4) of the federal constitution. 

"It is not an offence for non-Muslims to use the word to non-Muslims for the purpose of religion and there is (a) pending appeal by the Home Ministry," he said in a press release today. 

Loh was commenting on the renewed debate on the topic sparked by DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng's Christmas message, which urged the federal government to allow the use of the term ‘Allah’ in the Bahasa Malaysia version of the Bible. 

Following this, the Selangor Sultan, PAS and other interested groups have weighed in on the subject which was last discussed at great lengths during the Sarawak state legislative assembly election in 2011. 

10-point solution 

Loh said that the federal government had already come up with a 10-point solution on April 2, 2011 which allowed the Bible, including the Bahasa Malaysia version, to be printed locally and imported. 

"(Thus,) we urge all quarters to stop politicising the 'Allah' terminology and recognise this 10-point solution alongside with abiding the High Court's ruling on the 'Allah' terminology. 

"Any further debates on this issue will not benefit any quarters, but paradoxically and unhealthily will polarize the nation," he said. 

The 10-point solution, which was presented during the Sarawak election campaign, lifts nearly all restrictions on the Bahasa Malaysia version of the Bible which is widely used in East Malaysia. 

Although it was rejected by the Council of Churches of Malaysia (CCM) Youth, the 10-point solution had helped to diffuse the longstanding issue.  

Meanwhile, Loh also criticised DAP for focusing on the use of the term ‘Allah’ by Christians only, while failing to recognise that the term is also used by Hindus, Sikhs, Orang Asli and the Baba-Nyonya community.

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