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What brings me back to this particular page is the current confusion on the Allah Suit by Herald.....
140 Characters can't do justice for what I'm about to ramble on...
So where do we begin?
Shall we start with Herald...
Herald is a Catholic Publication which challenged KDN powers in court.
What "power" is Herald challenging?
The power under Printing Press and Publication Act
What is KDN Position on the matter?
How did this all came about and What is "Polisi Kerajaan" with regards to usage of Allah in Al-Kitabs or Other Christian Publications?
What exactly is Government Position on Al-Kitab?
The Initial ban in 1981: Absolutely by order under the Internal Security (Prohibition of Publications) (No. 3) Order made on 2nd December 1981 (KHEDN : 0 59/3/9/Jld 4; PN (PU2) 24 pt. 11). “The printing, publication, sale, issue, circulation or possession of the publication which are described in the Schedule and prejudicial to the national interest and security of the Federation are prohibited absolutely throughout Malaysia.”
1982 Changes was made to the Order The Alkitab was banned by order under the Internal Security (Prohibition of Publications) (No. 4) Order made on 22nd March 1982 (KHEDN: 0 59/3/9/A; PN (PU2) 24 Pt. 11). “The printing, publication, sale, issue, circulation or possession of the publication which are described in the Schedule and prejudicial to the national interest and security of the Federation are prohibited, subject to the condition that this prohibition shall not apply to the possession or use in Churches of such publication by persons, professing the Christian religion, throughout Malaysia.” (source here)
Now that we are clear on the Federal Government Position, we need to look at the position of Islamic Government in each state Headed by the Head of Islamic Religion
The Enactments on Control of Propagation derives its powers from our Constitution Article 11.4
Key Operative word is CONTROL OR RESTRICT THE PROPAGATION
The Various State Authorities enacted the respective Laws to control propagation to Muslims. I've done a comparative summary on the Ban for Non Muslims to use Islamic Terms (refer table below)
As you can see from the table above NOT ALL States have the Ban, Perlis for instance lead by a Sultan does not have such law enacted, Perak has it but it is not effective. Jail terms ranges from 6 months to 5 Years and fines from MYR 1000 to 5000.
Take a look at Kelantan, one can kena Rotan beb.
It's been a wee while eh....rindu saya tengok Blogger New Post window
Apa kabar semua?
What brings me back to this particular page is the current confusion on the Allah Suit by Herald.....
140 Characters can't do justice for what I'm about to ramble on...
So where do we begin?
Shall we start with Herald...
Herald is a Catholic Publication which challenged KDN powers in court.
What "power" is Herald challenging?
The power under Printing Press and Publication Act
Source Justice Law Bee Lan High Court Judgement (here) |
How did this all came about and What is "Polisi Kerajaan" with regards to usage of Allah in Al-Kitabs or Other Christian Publications?
What exactly is Government Position on Al-Kitab?
Source (here) |
The Initial ban in 1981: Absolutely by order under the Internal Security (Prohibition of Publications) (No. 3) Order made on 2nd December 1981 (KHEDN : 0 59/3/9/Jld 4; PN (PU2) 24 pt. 11). “The printing, publication, sale, issue, circulation or possession of the publication which are described in the Schedule and prejudicial to the national interest and security of the Federation are prohibited absolutely throughout Malaysia.”
1982 Changes was made to the Order The Alkitab was banned by order under the Internal Security (Prohibition of Publications) (No. 4) Order made on 22nd March 1982 (KHEDN: 0 59/3/9/A; PN (PU2) 24 Pt. 11). “The printing, publication, sale, issue, circulation or possession of the publication which are described in the Schedule and prejudicial to the national interest and security of the Federation are prohibited, subject to the condition that this prohibition shall not apply to the possession or use in Churches of such publication by persons, professing the Christian religion, throughout Malaysia.” (source here)
Now that we are clear on the Federal Government Position, we need to look at the position of Islamic Government in each state Headed by the Head of Islamic Religion
The Enactments on Control of Propagation derives its powers from our Constitution Article 11.4
Key Operative word is CONTROL OR RESTRICT THE PROPAGATION
The Various State Authorities enacted the respective Laws to control propagation to Muslims. I've done a comparative summary on the Ban for Non Muslims to use Islamic Terms (refer table below)
Source here for Enactments and here for Fatwa |
As you can see from the table above NOT ALL States have the Ban, Perlis for instance lead by a Sultan does not have such law enacted, Perak has it but it is not effective. Jail terms ranges from 6 months to 5 Years and fines from MYR 1000 to 5000.
Take a look at Kelantan, one can kena Rotan beb.