A lawyer representing Jill Ireland today cited actions by the Home Ministry officials in raiding a Sabah church as the reason why a declaratory relief on the use of the word Allah for the Bahasa Malaysia speaking Christian community, is needed to be given by the High Court in Kuala Lumpur.
Lim Heng Seng, who represented Jill, showed news portal reports last week which quoted Parti Cinta Sabah president Wilfred Bumburing, criticising the ministry official's visit to the church and urging the church officials to not use four terminologies, namely Allah, Baitullah, Kaabah and Sholat.
“Furthermore, they advised the church officials on how to design a book on Christian teachings and what font size to use on the cover design,” Lim said in reading what Bumburing's remark.
Bumburing, who is also Tamparuli assemblyperson, said the incident should not have happened, especially in Sabah.
Lim pointed out that the use of the word Allah by the Christian community in Sabah and Sarawak had been in place for over 400 years, and hence, there should not be a limit to its use and the importation of praying material from overseas which uses the word on the grounds it upset public order and security.
Jill Ireland, whose Malay-language Christian CDs and religious books were seized by the customs at the Kuala Lumpur low-cost terminal in 2008, got back the items in 2014, but is seeking declaratory relief to use materials containing the word "Allah" for religious and educational purposes.
[More to follow]
- Mkini
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