{"id":15843,"date":"2013-10-12T15:00:10","date_gmt":"2013-10-12T07:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.buletinonline.net\/v7\/?p=15843"},"modified":"2013-10-12T18:17:18","modified_gmt":"2013-10-12T10:17:18","slug":"pas-okays-non-muslim-use-of-allah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/pas-okays-non-muslim-use-of-allah\/","title":{"rendered":"PAS okays non-Muslim use of \u2018Allah\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Non-Muslims cannot be forced to exclude the word \u201cAllah\u201d when practising their respective faiths, PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang said today, ahead of Monday\u2019s highly-anticipated court decision on the protracted dispute between Christians and Muslims here.<\/p>\n<p>But the Islamist leader stressed that although there was nothing wrong with non-Muslims using the Arabic word, it should not be misused or misinterpreted.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/buletinonline.net\/v7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG-20131012-WA0003.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15844 alignleft\" alt=\"IMG-20131012-WA0003\" src=\"https:\/\/buletinonline.net\/v7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG-20131012-WA0003-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>\u201cThere is no law that does not allow other people to use the word \u2018Allah\u2019 but if they interpret it wrongly to Muslims, they need to answer because Allah means he is the only god to be worshiped,\u201d Abdul Hadi told reporters after launching the seminar on implementing Syariah laws in Malaysia at the University of Selangor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can only use his laws but if they use the word Allah, but they don\u2019t use his laws, that\u2019s not right either,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The much-awaited decision on whether or not the Catholic weekly publication The Herald can use the word \u201cAllah\u201d will be delivered by the Court of Appeal on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the Marang MP said using the word \u201cAllah\u201d include upholding his rules and laws and that it is not for Muslims to ban the word among anyone outside of the religion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not about writing the word, and putting it on a mountain and not allow others to use it, it is not about that, but uphold the laws, that is what it means for Muslims.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor non-Muslims, we can\u2019t force them on what they want to do in practicing their religion, as all humans have the instinct to believe there is god,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Hadi stressed that \u201cAllah\u201d is an Arabic word that cannot be translated into any other languages, unlike the word god.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is why the word \u2018Allah\u2019 is very sacred,\u201d he said &#8211; source themalaymailonline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Non-Muslims cannot be forced to exclude the word \u201cAllah\u201d when practising their respective faiths, PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang said today, ahead of Monday\u2019s highly-anticipated court decision on the protracted dispute between Christians and Muslims here. 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