'Allah' ban: Herald's application on Oct 14
Published: Sep 14, 2009 6:50 PM | Updated: Sep 14, 2009 6:52 PM
The Kuala Lumpur High Court today fixed Oct 14 to hear the Roman Catholic Church's application to set aside the court's order allowing eight parties to intervene in the matter relating to the use of the word "Allah" in its weekly publications.
The Kuala Lumpur High Court today fixed Oct 14 to hear the Roman Catholic Church's application to set aside the court's order allowing eight parties to intervene in the matter relating to the use of the word "Allah" in its weekly publications.
Justice Lau Bee Lan who set the date in chambers, also allowed seven Islamic religious councils to file their affidavits in reply to the application.
On Aug 3, the court allowed eight parties, including the Islamic religious councils, to be intervenors in the new application by Archbishop Murphy Pakiam for a judicial review in the matter.
In her decision, Justice Lau held that the eight parties - the Islamic religious councils of Perak, Terengganu, Penang, Selangor, Kedah, Johor and Malacca, and the Malaysian Chinese Muslim Association - had legal interest in the issue.
On Feb 16, Pakiam, as the publisher of The Herald, filed a new application for a judicial review after a similar application in 2008 was deemed academic following the expiry of The Herald's publication permit for the period Jan 1 to Dec 31, 2008.
In the application naming the Home Ministry and the government as respondents, he sought, among other things, a declaration that the decision by the respondents on Jan 7, 2009, prohibiting him from using the word "Allah" in the "Herald-The Catholic Weekly" publication was illegal and that the word "Allah" was not exclusive to the religion of Islam.
- Bernama
Justice Lau Bee Lan who set the date in chambers, also allowed seven Islamic religious councils to file their affidavits in reply to the application.
On Aug 3, the court allowed eight parties, including the Islamic religious councils, to be intervenors in the new application by Archbishop Murphy Pakiam for a judicial review in the matter.
In her decision, Justice Lau held that the eight parties - the Islamic religious councils of Perak, Terengganu, Penang, Selangor, Kedah, Johor and Malacca, and the Malaysian Chinese Muslim Association - had legal interest in the issue.
On Feb 16, Pakiam, as the publisher of The Herald, filed a new application for a judicial review after a similar application in 2008 was deemed academic following the expiry of The Herald's publication permit for the period Jan 1 to Dec 31, 2008.
In the application naming the Home Ministry and the government as respondents, he sought, among other things, a declaration that the decision by the respondents on Jan 7, 2009, prohibiting him from using the word "Allah" in the "Herald-The Catholic Weekly" publication was illegal and that the word "Allah" was not exclusive to the religion of Islam.
- Bernama
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