Ong Kian Ming, the DAP evangelista Serdang MP, today released a press statement slamming the Court of Appeal judgment (which found that the usage of the name ‘Allah’ is not an integral part of the faith and practice of Christianity) as flawed and showing “a complete lack of understanding” on the part of the judges and based on “such weak legal grounds”.
The DAP SuperCyber Bully also berated one of the presiding judges, Dato Mohd Zawawi bin Salleh, as to having done “a great disservice to himself” in liberally quoting Christian sources from outside Malaysia to explain that even Christians do not agree with the usage of the word ‘Allah’.
Critiquing Dato Sri Haji Mohamed Apandi bin Haji Ali, the author of the summary judgement, Ong Kian Ming imputes that the judge had meant “the usage of the word ‘Allah’ by the Catholic Herald is a potential threat to the peace and harmony which exists in Malaysia even though such a threat has never materialized in Sabah and Sarawak where Bumiputera Christians have been using the word Allah for generations!”
In Ong’s view, “This too is a great disservice to the Bumiputera Christian community in Malaysia and the harmonious relations enjoyed by Christians and Muslims in East Malaysia”.
He declares that “Allah has been and will continue to be used by Christians in Malaysia and that this is not a threat to Islam’s position as the religion of the Federation”.
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MY COMMENTS:
It’s likely true what Ong says that such a threat has never materialized in Sabah and Sarawak where Bumiputera Christians have been using the word Allah for generations.
The problem is not with the pribumi who are living in Sabah and Sarawak.
The menace which the judges are preempting is the evangelista Bintang Lima like himself who reside in the country’s evangelical capital, Jerusubang.
Helen Ang 
Interesting to see how evangelists DAP are shaping the public relations and communication content and context for the Pakatan Rakyat.. ‘the judges doing a disservice to the bumiputera Christian community in Malaysia and DAP declaration that the word allah will continue to be used by the Christian in Malaysia”
Interesting to note how the DAP angle itself as the benefactor or champion perhaps for the bumiputera Christian in East Malaysia cause but really it is meant to promote the confusion by declaring the use are for the whole community which really are the evangelista in peninsular.
I got the feeling like it is the DAP who won the GE13 with this and that declarations incessantly.
re: “I got the feeling like it is the DAP who won the GE13 with this and that declarations incessantly.”
Yes, DAP won 88 seats. Umno got 38 only.
Lupa pulak. LKS and LGE no longer “berkokok” about popular votes after they were dethroned in the CEC but still retain the position in DAP. Although the new CEC result is still questionable imo.
Bila dia boleh pulak diamalkan.
I look forward to the detailed judgements. Denying the use of Allah in the Herald is not quite the same as forbidding the term to non-muslims. I am interested in the ruling and reasoning vis-à-vis the various syariah laws on the matter.
Bet you DAP will go all over town with this, and UMNO is counting on it.
Click to access W-01-1-2010_YA_DATO_SRI_HAJI_MOHAMED_APANDI_BIN_HAJI_ALI.pdf
Click to access W-01-1-2010_YA_DATO_ABDUL_AZIZ_BIN_ABDUL_RAHIM.pdf
Click to access W-01-1-2010_YA_DATO_MOHD_ZAWAWI_BIN_SALLEH.pdf
I am glad that the judges anchored their arguments based on the ministry’s circular in 1986 (4 words). I am also pleased that a distinction was made between the Herald and Al-Kitab.
There are many Malaysians, Muslims and Christians alike who are misinterpreting the results.
I challenge OKM to proof his point by showing
1. Bible in its original language (Aramaic I guess) as the proof that the word Allah has been used as an integral part of Christian faith
2. If he cannot, then please show me in the closest language of original bible (Latin) as a proof.
If he cannot then he is a big liar who twisted Christian faith for his political mileage.
Can any Bumi followers from Sabah and Serawak comment on this? What do you guys think?
I know there was one Bumi follower from Sabah that mentioned it is a non issue to her and family members who practice both Islam and Christian.
Long time ago, I despised PAS for accusing UMNO members for being kafir (that explained my everlasting hate of Hadi).
PAS’ “neutral” stand on this kalimah issue has forever cemented my despise of PAS for not living up to its bed-rock policy of uplifting Islam and chose to look the other way and kept its silence in order to appease it’s political partner, the kafirs of DAP.
In short DAP and PAS are two alike, hypocrites.
Soon they are going to get it. I am telling you now and this is not the first time and first case…..
http://kedahkekl.blogspot.com/2013/10/hot-cina-babi-kurang-ajar-dengan-polis.html
Read this
http://kingmessiahproject.com/is_allah_not_God.html
Some foreign Christian writing
Even his press statement is in English…. so what’s with all the uproar about using Allah in Bahasa Malaysia. He doesn’t care about BM so stop acting like you do
When we, the native Malay speakers, time and again tell them that God is Tuhan in Malay, they bodoh sombong do not want to listen.
In turn they try and teach us that Allah is Arabic and was borrowed into Malay. That was what we are trying to tell them too. But what to do, here in Malaysia, the Malays are so stupid, they need the Indians and the Chinese to teach them their very own language!
And when the ruling does not favour them, instead of them, make do with what that was not borrowed, which is Tuhan (God), they came back and tell us that it is not and it should have been Allah, since, otherwise they would face difficulty translating their Bible into Malay, since Lord God (which is Tuan Tuhan or Ketua Tuhan BTW) will be translated as Tuhan Tuhan.
Why does the Malays, the native of Malay need to be held responsible for something that is exclusively Christian confusions?
‘The DAP SuperCyber Bully also berated one of the presiding judges, Dato Mohd Zawawi bin Salleh, as to having done “a great disservice to himself” in liberally quoting Christian sources from outside Malaysia to explain that even Christians do not agree with the usage of the word ‘Allah’.’
Why would they in turn, says thing like, the Arab Christians are calling their God as Allah, when that was naturally their mother tongue in the first place? The social cultural context was waaaayyy different than the rest of the Iban and Kadazan Dusun Murut in the heart of Borneo.
Aren’t they, just like the judge, Dato Mohd Zawawi bin Salleh, take reference quoting sources outside Malaysia, to validate their claims. So why the double standard now?
Geez. Now I know that Lord of the Ring was actually Tuhan Cincin!
Kudos to one Soadah Mohammad for pointing that out.