KUALA LUMPUR: Sidang Injil Borneo (SIB) has applied for the discovery of documents which lead to the Cabinet's decision in 1986 to ban the use of the word “Allah” in publications by religions other than Islam. Today's hearing was part of the Church's ongoing court battle to legally use the word “Allah” in its publications. In reply, Senior Federal Counsel Shamsul Bolhassan argued that SIB was not entitled to the discovery, as the documents sought were prohibited by law under the Officiial Secrets Act 1972. They filed the application after the Customs authorities at the Low Cost Carrier Terminal in Sepang seized their religious publications for children in August 15, 2007. They sought declarations that on the constitutional right to use the word "Allah" as reference to their God in all publications in Malay and indigenous languages.

Source: The Star September 19, 2017 09:00 UTC