The Malaysian Insider
Tuesday, 22 October 2013 Last Update: 01:49pm
BY
RITA JONG
October 22, 2013
October 22, 2013
When
in West Malaysia, don't use the word Allah, Nazri tells Christians. - The
Malaysian Insider pic by Afif Abd Halim, October 22, 2013.Tourism Minister
Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz has added more confusion to the Allah ruling when he said
today that East Malaysians cannot use the word in Peninsular Malaysia.
"East
Malaysia has no state laws to disallow the use of Allah, but here, we
have," said Nazri at the Malaysia International Golf Symposium 2013 in
Kuala Lumpur today.
He
said the Allah issue has been hyped up by people who do not know the law and
customs.
According to Nazri, the use of the word Allah has been a practice in Sabah and Sarawak for 100 years.
According to Nazri, the use of the word Allah has been a practice in Sabah and Sarawak for 100 years.
"They
understood this and there has never been a problem as it is their way of
life," he added.
But
if East Malaysians were to come to the peninsula, they have to respect the laws
as West Malaysians are not used to Christians using Allah, he said.
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