Christians can call God Allah, Malaysian court rules

Christians have the constitutional right to use the word Allah in reference to God, a Malaysian court ruled today.

Christians have the constitutional right to use the word Allah in reference to God, a Malaysian court ruled today.

A Malaysian government ban on non-Muslims using the word was illegal, the Kuala Lumpur high court said.

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