The author at the launch of book last year. The Malaysian Insider pic, September 5, 2013.The ban on the controversial book, Allah, Kebebasan dan Cinta, which was translated from the English version written by Canadian author Irshad Manji, has been lifted.
The High Court in Kuala Lumpur today lifted the ban after allowing ZI Publications’ application for a judicial review on the ban order.
Judge Datuk Zaleha Yusof found that the publisher had the legal right to bring the action against the respondents as it was affected by the ban order.
ZI Publications is the publisher of the 388-page book, which is a translation of the original Allah, Liberty and Love: The Courage to Reconcile Faith and Freedom.
The respondents in the case are the Selangor Islamic Religious Department (JAIS), JAIS director-general, JAIS enforcement chief, Selangor Syarie prosecution chief, Selangor state government and the Malaysian government.
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