{"id":920,"date":"2007-12-21T01:45:04","date_gmt":"2007-12-20T17:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/borninmalaysia\/2007\/12\/21\/catholic-church-publication-facing-problem\/"},"modified":"2007-12-21T01:45:04","modified_gmt":"2007-12-20T17:45:04","slug":"catholic-church-publication-facing-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/borninmalaysia\/2007\/12\/21\/catholic-church-publication-facing-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Catholic Church publication facing problem"},"content":{"rendered":"

"This is to take into consideration the sensitivity of majority of malaysians". I bet that will be one of the official response.<\/p>\n

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Catholic weekly in quandary over permit
http:\/\/www.malaysiakini.com\/news\/76261<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dec 20, 07 12:52pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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The organ of the Catholic Church, Herald<\/i> is facing problems in renewing its yearly publishing permit allegedly over the use of the word ‘Allah’ in the weekly’s Bahasa Malaysia section.<\/p>\n

According to Church sources, the government is not happy with the use of the word ‘Allah’ by the weekly when referring to ‘God’ in Bahasa Malaysia.<\/p>\n

The use of ‘Allah’ outside of Islam has previously stirred controversies in Malaysia. Four years ago, the Bible in Iban language was banned<\/b><\/a> because it translated the word ‘God’ as Allah Taala, which resembles Islam’s name for God, ‘Allah’. <\/p>\n

The ban was however lifted after protests<\/b><\/a> from the Christian community.<\/p>\n

The Herald,<\/i> which is published in four languages – English, Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil – has a circulation of 12,000. The weekly’s permit is due to expire in two weeks. <\/p>\n

The Herald <\/i>– which publishes news and information<\/b><\/a> for Catholics in Malaysia – have previously received written warnings pertaining to the content of their articles primarily those which touch on religious and political issues.<\/p>\n

Most recently, the Herald<\/i> frontpaged both the Bersih<\/b><\/a> and Hindraf<\/b><\/a> rally which saw tens of thousands protesters hitting the streets of Kuala Lumpur. <\/p>\n

Remove BM section<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

Opposition leader Lim Kit Siang in a statement yesterday said the Home Ministry has imposed a new condition for the renewal of the Herald’s<\/i> publication permit – that the BM section of the weekly be removed altogether.<\/p>\n

This is confirmed by sources close to the Catholic weekly.<\/p>\n

Lim has described Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s administration as one which has promoted religious polarisation the most as compared to four previous prime <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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