'Allah' ban went against 1986 cabinet policy: Jill Ireland ruling

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The Dr Mahathir Mohamad-led cabinet allowed Christians in Malaysia to conditionally use of the word “Allah” in May 1986.However, seven months later, officials of a division in the Home Ministry then issued a directive imposing a total ban on the word in Bahasa Malaysia editions of Christian religious publications.This was pointed out in the written judgment for the landmark decision by the Kuala Lumpur High Court in a legal action over the right to use the word for educational purposes by a Melanau Christian, Jill Ireland.On March 10, Court of Appeal judge Nor Bee Ariffin, sitting in the capacity of a High Court judge, allowed the judicial review leave application by Ireland. The judge ruled that the government has erred in issuing the 1986 directive banning the use of the word "Allah" by Christians and that Ireland, a Sarawakian, had the right to use the word “Allah”…