State Islamic religious councils to appear as amicus curiae in govt’s appeal in ‘Allah’ case

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 19 — The Court of Appeal here today allowed three state Islamic religious councils to appear as amicus curiae in the government’s appeal against a High Court’s ruling on a Sarawakian native Christian’s right to use the word “Allah” in her religious education.

A Court of Appeal three-member bench comprising Justices Datuk Yaacob Md Sam, Datuk S.Nantha Balan and Datuk Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali allowed the councils’ applications to come in as amicus curiae in the appeal. Lawyer Lim Heng Seng representing Sarawakian Jill Ireland Lawrence Bill confirmed and asked the court to strike out the applications with no liberty to file afresh. He also asked for costs.

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