Malaysia
Détente on Christmas * Beard passes * Christ Bless Mississippi: Religious Freedom Recap
By Brian Pellot — December 4, 2014
This month's religious freedom news and views from around the world. Read with caution. Prozac optional.
Malaysian Muslims feel heat for petting dogs, and social media bites back
By Darshini Kandasamy — October 28, 2014
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (RNS) Nearly 1,000 people attended the Oct. 19 event at a park in the western state of Selangor, aimed at helping Muslims overcome religious stigma and fear of canines and learn permissible ways to touch a dog.
COMMENTARY: Muslims don’t own the term ‘Allah’ in Malaysia or anywhere else
By Salaam Bhatti — June 26, 2014
(RNS) God as a source of peace would not want to be associated with a name-sharing squabble. The Arabic term "Allah" predates Islam, and Muslims have no ownership over it.
COMMENTARY: Islam does not have a monopoly on ‘Allah’
By Salaam Bhatti — March 26, 2014
(RNS) Muslims have no more of a monopoly on the term "Allah" than Jews have a monopoly on monotheism.
Malaysians lift up missing flight in prayers
By Calum MacLeod — March 12, 2014
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (RNS) Many Malaysians are invoking the power of prayer to aid the massive multinational search operation for the Malaysia Airlines plane that disappeared without a trace.
Judge rules in favor of Muslim woman on no-fly list
By Omar Sacirbey — January 16, 2014
(RNS) A Muslim woman now living in Malaysia struck a blow to the U.S. government’s “no-fly list" when a federal judge ruled that the government violated her due process rights by putting her on the list without telling her why.
Malaysian court: Only Muslims can use the word ‘Allah’
By Richard S. Ehrlich — October 14, 2013
(RNS) "The usage of the word Allah is not an integral part of the faith in Christianity," Chief Judge Mohamed Apandi Ali said in the ruling, which bans use of the word by non-Muslims.
Lamb of God banned from performing in Malaysia
By Richard S. Ehrlich — September 5, 2013
(RNS) Malaysia's latest ban on foreign entertainers who violate Islam came after authorities there canceled a 2012 concert by American singer Erykah Badu.
Buddhists expelled from Malaysia for praying in Muslim hall
By Richard S. Ehrlich — August 21, 2013
(RNS) The government's response is the latest in a series of crackdowns on behavior deemed disrespectful of Islamic traditions and beliefs.
Chinese Malay couple faces prison for posting photo of them eating pork
By Richard S. Ehrlich — July 23, 2013
(RNS) The couple allegedly posted a photograph of themselves earlier in July, smiling at a roadside restaurant while eating pork stew with chopsticks.
Malaysian Muslims ask Vatican to recall envoy over use of “Allah”
By Richard S. Ehrlich — July 22, 2013
(RNS) In an escalating confrontation, dozens of Islamists marched to the Vatican's mission in Malaysia's capital, Kuala Lumpur, after prayers, and presented a 670-word memorandum calling for the archbishop's recall.
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