The hearing of a leave application by Sidang Injil Borneo (SIB) for judicial review of the use of ‘Allah’ in Christian publications has been delayed by a month.
The Kuala Lumpur High Court was scheduled to hear the leave application today, but Justice Zaleha Yusof was on medical leave.
The application will now be heard on April 3, said SIB’s lawyer Lim Heng Seng when contacted.
SIB had filed the leave application in 2007, after several books that it was shipping from Indonesia were seized by the Home Ministry because these contain the word ‘Allah’.
The books were returned to SIB prior to the 2008 general election, but it is pressing on with the judicial review on the ground that questions of law must be answered regarding the seizure.
It is seeking a declaration that it has the constitutional right to use ‘Allah’ in all its religious publications. Its congregation mainly comprises those who speak Bahasa Malaysia.
In a related development, the Federal Court is scheduled to hear a leave application tomorrow by Catholic weekly The Herald to appeal a Court of Appeal ruling last October, barring the use of ‘Allah’ in the Bahasa Malaysia edition.
The Court of Appeal had overturned a landmark Kuala Lumpur High Court ruling in 2009 that the ban - imposed by the Home Ministry - is "unconstitutional".
The Kuala Lumpur High Court was scheduled to hear the leave application today, but Justice Zaleha Yusof was on medical leave.
The application will now be heard on April 3, said SIB’s lawyer Lim Heng Seng when contacted.
SIB had filed the leave application in 2007, after several books that it was shipping from Indonesia were seized by the Home Ministry because these contain the word ‘Allah’.
The books were returned to SIB prior to the 2008 general election, but it is pressing on with the judicial review on the ground that questions of law must be answered regarding the seizure.
It is seeking a declaration that it has the constitutional right to use ‘Allah’ in all its religious publications. Its congregation mainly comprises those who speak Bahasa Malaysia.
In a related development, the Federal Court is scheduled to hear a leave application tomorrow by Catholic weekly The Herald to appeal a Court of Appeal ruling last October, barring the use of ‘Allah’ in the Bahasa Malaysia edition.
The Court of Appeal had overturned a landmark Kuala Lumpur High Court ruling in 2009 that the ban - imposed by the Home Ministry - is "unconstitutional".
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