Mahathir: Penang CM politicizing ‘Allah” | Free Malaysia Today: "“This has never been an issue before in this country,” said Mahathir on the sidelines of a function at the National Academy. “In Sabah and Sarawak, they (non-Muslims) have always used Allah.”
“Lim is using the Allah issue for political purposes.”
He did not mention the Sikhs whose Holy Book mentions “Allah” 37 times.
Lim, in a public spat with MCA which first raised the issue, has repeatedly taken the position that fatwas are not binding on non-Muslims.
He also pointed out that the issue of non-Muslims using or not using Allah does not arise. “The non-Muslims in Penang pray in Tamil, English and Malay,” he said in a reference to the fact that only those who pray in Malay, including Christians, use the term Allah.
He has conceded that religious enactmen"
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Saturday, December 20, 2014
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