Christians in Malaysia to be banned from using the word "Allah..."

The Malaysian government will issue a new decree restoring a ban on Christian publications using the word "Allah" to refer to God, officials said today. 

Home Affairs Minister Syed Hamid Albar said a February 16 decree that let Christian publications use the word as long as they specified the material was not for Muslims was a mistake, the national Bernama news agency reported.

The about-turn came after Islamic groups slammed the government and warned that even conditional use of the word by Christians would anger Muslims in the largely Islamic country. More...

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