In the wake of the 13th general elections in Malaysia in May 2013, numerous
controversies have erupted which suggest that the elections were, in one way
or another, influenced by religious and/or ethnic concerns. In October 2013,
the appeals court declared that Catholic newspaper The Herald would no
longer be allowed to use the word ‘Allah’ to denote God in its articles writ-
ten in vernacular Malay, prompting Christians across the country to com-
plain of double-standards and restrictions placed on their freedom of reli-
gion. Meanwhile, a host of Malay-Muslim NGOs and lobby groups have
been goading the government of Malaysia to extend the ban on the use of
the word to East Malaysia as well, where thousands of Malaysian Christians
of Kadazan, Dusun, Iban and other ethnic groups have been using the word
for a century or more. Malaysia has also witnessed the rise of religiously
influenced communitarian politics for a decade now, and in recent years the
country also went through a spate of church-burnings that upset the sensi-
bilities of the religious minorities in the country.
In the wake of the 13th general elections in Malaysia in May 2013, numerouscontroversies have erupted which suggest that the elections were, in one wayor another, influenced by religious and/or ethnic concerns. In October 2013,the appeals court declared that Catholic newspaper The Herald would nolonger be allowed to use the word ‘Allah’ to denote God in its articles writ-ten in vernacular Malay, prompting Christians across the country to com-plain of double-standards and restrictions placed on their freedom of reli-gion. Meanwhile, a host of Malay-Muslim NGOs and lobby groups havebeen goading the government of Malaysia to extend the ban on the use ofthe word to East Malaysia as well, where thousands of Malaysian Christiansof Kadazan, Dusun, Iban and other ethnic groups have been using the wordfor a century or more. Malaysia has also witnessed the rise of religiouslyinfluenced communitarian politics for a decade now, and in recent years thecountry also went through a spate of church-burnings that upset the sensi-bilities of the religious minorities in the country.
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