People calling for a ban on the use of ‘Allah’ by non-Muslims must find their justification in the Quran or in legal enactments.
The attacks against places of worship that ushered recently in Malaysia has really cause a huge turmoil in Malaysia. It seems like there are groups of people that determined to destroy the delicate balance reached through compromise and consensus in a plural society by our ancestors.
I strongly feel that rage and emotional reactions must not take centre stage in the nation. Instead, the government and citizens should focusing on a more calm and reasonable solution regarding this issue. Its true that religion issue is not something easy to deal with. For instance, even the UK government is facing similar problem that sparks the Wootton Bassett issue.
Such sensitive issue is sort of too heavy for me to write my opinion down. But I did came across an article in The Star that I strongly agree with.
We must never allow the mob to rule.
A COUPLE of churches were burnt by people who believe that non-Muslims should not use the name Allah when describing God. A very strange motivation indeed when we look at the scripture.
In Surah 22 Verse 40 of the Quran, it is said: “Had not Allah checked one set of people by means of another, there would surely have been pulled down monasteries, churches, synagogues, and mosques, in which the name of Allah is commemorated in abundant measure.”
Looks pretty clear to me. There is no scriptural justification to stop non-Muslims from using Allah to describe God. In fact the opposite is true, the name Allah is praised in “monasteries, churches, synagogues, and mos-ques”.
This is not my assertion, this is a quote from the Holy Continue reading ‘Please stop messing around people!’




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