By Edmond Chua, Christian Post
A Malaysian court hearing on the appeal by an evangelical church to use the word “Allah” in its Sunday School materials has been adjourned to next month.
The Evangelical Church of Borneo, otherwise known as SIB (Sidang Injil Borneo), and its president Pastor Jerry Dusing filed the appeal at the High Court in Jalan Duta, Kuala Lumpur on January 16 this year against the Internal Security Ministry and the Malaysian Government, reported Sinchew Daily.
The hearing, which was postponed because of the busy schedule of Judge Datuk Abdul Kadir Musa, will resume on November 12.
On August 15 last year, SIB was preparing to bring in three cartons containing six different publications from Indonesia to be used as Sunday School materials when they were withheld by a customs officer at the Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) in Sepang, Selangor, and later handed over to the Internal Security Ministry (ISM), according to The Sun.
Nearly a month later, Dusing received a letter from the ISM stating that the import of the publications had been denied, that Christian publications containing the word “Allah” cannot be distributed in Malaysia.
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This post was written by mcarl on November 8, 2008
