﻿ Malaysian churches pray to ‘Allah’ despite ruling - Taipei
Times Mon, Jan 27, 2014 - Page 4　News List  Malaysian churches
pray to ‘Allah’ despite ruling   Malaysian churches defiantly
continued to use the word “Allah” to refer to the Christian God
in services yesterday, despite the Muslim-majority country’s
leader saying they must obey rules against it.  Malay-speaking
Christians prayed and sang hymns using the Arabic word, a
practice they have observed for hundreds of years, but which has
sparked an increasingly tense row in the Southeast Asian nation.
“They all contain the word ‘Allah,’” a pastor at a church near
the capital Kuala Lumpur said of the songs sung by the church.
“[The Malay-language Bible] contains the word ‘Allah.’ When we
preach we have to read the text. It’s a really difficult
situation,” he added, speaking on condition of anonymity due to
the passions surrounding the issue.  Under pressure from Muslim
conservatives, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said on
Friday that Malaysian Chri