<p>Malaysia’s minister in charge of Muslim affairs Maj-Gen (Rtd) Jamil Khir Baharomin said he would meet the NGOs’ representatives soon to hear their views and to discuss the matter further with them.<br /><br />The Prime Minister’s Department in association with the Home Ministry, will appeal against the recent High Court decision, he said.<br /><br />Jamil Khir Baharomin was responding to the High Court’s decision on Thursday which allowed the Catholic publication Hearld Weekly to use the word “Allah”.<br />Judge Lau Bee Lian had ruled that the use of the word was constitutional, as long as the periodical was confined to educating Christians.<br /><br />On February 16 last year, Archbishop Murphy Pakiam filed for a judicial review on the use of the word Allah in the church’s publications, naming the Home Ministry and the government as respondents. <br /><br />He said the word Allah was not exclusive to the religion of Islam.</p>
<p>Malaysia’s minister in charge of Muslim affairs Maj-Gen (Rtd) Jamil Khir Baharomin said he would meet the NGOs’ representatives soon to hear their views and to discuss the matter further with them.<br /><br />The Prime Minister’s Department in association with the Home Ministry, will appeal against the recent High Court decision, he said.<br /><br />Jamil Khir Baharomin was responding to the High Court’s decision on Thursday which allowed the Catholic publication Hearld Weekly to use the word “Allah”.<br />Judge Lau Bee Lian had ruled that the use of the word was constitutional, as long as the periodical was confined to educating Christians.<br /><br />On February 16 last year, Archbishop Murphy Pakiam filed for a judicial review on the use of the word Allah in the church’s publications, naming the Home Ministry and the government as respondents. <br /><br />He said the word Allah was not exclusive to the religion of Islam.</p>