Malaysian court rules your god may be called “Allah”
Flying Spaghetti Allah
A court in Malaysia has ruled that Christians have a constitutional right to use the word Allah when referring to God.
The High Court said a government ban on non-Muslims using the word was unconstitutional.
The court was ruling on a lawsuit filed by the Herald, a publication of the Catholic Church in Malaysia, in 2007. The authorities had insisted that Allah was an Islamic word which could only be used by Muslims.
The BBC’s Jennifer Pak in Kuala Lumpur said some Muslim groups suspect the Catholic Church is seeking to encourage Muslims to convert to Christianity – a move which is illegal in Malaysia…
The Herald filed for a judicial review after it was temporarily ordered to stop publishing in 2007 for referring to “Allah”.
The publication said it had been been using the word for decades, and had a constitutional right to do so.
Just one more jive problem with religion in politics.
Issues of semantics are usually dumb enough on their own. Listen to the average teabagger falling out of their army shoes over “socialist” this-or-that, or Dick Cheney blustering about this week’s favorite “war” on whoever he hates or fears or both – and you know you’re wasting time trying to negotiate common sense from the body politic.
Add politics to the scrum – and you discover yourself knee-deep in ancient effluent.
Allahu Akbar!
Jägermeister
December 31, 2009 at 7:06 pm
God damn Allahs.
Mr. Fusion
December 31, 2009 at 7:54 pm
We’re talking about a word, people. Words are just sounds strung together, pretty much at random, at least initially.
Allah, God, Socialist, Capitalist, Muslim, Christian, Republican, Democrat…
Hey, I’ve got an idea! Let’s all get together and kill each other over who’s allowed to use certain sounds and who isn’t allowed to use certain sounds.
Cinaedh
January 1, 2010 at 7:26 am
It sure the heck sounds like you put a lot of respect for that invisible guy(s) in the sky.
Mr. Fusion
January 1, 2010 at 12:18 pm
The Holy Bible is a book of fantasies about the Messiah Jesus a man who was crucified by the pen. Who know more about a man murder then the men who committed the murder? Can you not see all the detail in the murder? To this day no man can give a full detail about a man life except “Lord God”. The Christians and the Jews over plotted in stealing information out of {The Koran with Parallel Arabic Text}.Can you not see that they are fantasizing about “Allah Almighty God” the World Greatest Most High Exalted Creator and Ruler of the Universe. Who did not take the form of a mortal man? This is but one of their fantasies, to clean you of your sins. All “Allah” need say is Be, & it is. People, (The Koran) is “Heaven”, and in Heaven you will find “God”, who lives in Heaven? Also you will find “Paradise” the home of the African-Americans who is the Israelites & Egyptians (Muslims) the faithful servants of Lord God. And the fire that surrounds “Paradise” is the Holy Bible of damnation. The tree that God had commanded you to keep away from He is the Forgiving One, the Merciful God. Allah, we submit this seeking Your divine mercy
shortermarvin
August 31, 2010 at 5:51 pm
So is he one of those “Invisible dudes in the sky”?
Actually, I have no idea what the heck your post is about.
Mr. Fusion
August 31, 2010 at 9:32 pm