Previously, SIB had asked the Federal Court for leave to appeal against the refusal by other courts to order for the disclosure of government documents linked to the 1986 ban. — Picture by Hari AnggaraKUALA LUMPUR, March 25 — Sabah church Sidang Injil Borneo has formally discontinued its bid at the Federal Court for documents to discover the reason for the Malaysian government’s 1986 move to ban the word “Allah” in Christian publications.
Previously, SIB had filed a discovery application at the High Court asking for two sets of documents, including documents such as letters and meetings minutes containing the reasons for the government’s 1986 ban of the word “Allah” in Christian publications; documents showing confusion among Malaysians or misunderstanding between Muslims and Christians over the use of the word “Allah” in Bahasa Malaysia Christian publications; or showing threats to public order due to non-Muslims’ use of the...
This was due to the High Court’s decision on the same day in a separate case involving Jill Ireland, a Bahasa Malaysia-speaking native of Sarawak’s Melanau tribe. The Home Ministry had seized the three boxes of books — that contained the word “Allah” and that were imported from Indonesia by SIB — at the international budget airport terminal in Sepang while in transit, but later returned them to Sabah church on January 25, 2008 with the condition that the front page would be stamped with a “cross” sign and the words “Christian publication”.
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