Allah issue: Long wait for appeal date

 Christianity, Ethnic and inter-religious relations, Islam, Judiciary, Media  8 Responses »
Jan 192011
 

One year on, and the Allah issue is still in limbo.

Or rather we are still waiting for the Court of Appeal to fix a date for the government’s appeal against the High Court’s landmark decision in favour of the church. For now, though, the Catholic Church’s weekly Herald tabloid is unable to use the term ‘Allah’ as the government has obtained a stay pending appeal.

Meanwhile, the Church has reprinted a rare Malay-Latin dictionary, first published in 1631, which shows that Christianity was already using local languages in the region four centuries ago. Continue reading »

Review judgment reserved; RPK remains free

 Human rights, Judiciary  5 Responses »
Feb 232009
 

Updates from Rakyat@work at the Federal Court:

1118: Judgment of the review of RPK’s applications has been reserved and will be delivered at a future date. RPK is  free – for now.

1052: The first step is won; the court has agreed to hear the review of RPK’s applications. At the moment, the court is hearing the appeal to have Augustine Paul recused.

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A letter to all concerned Malaysians

 Civil society, Democracy, Human rights, M'sian politics, Media  6 Responses »
Jan 032009
 

exco1Here’s a message from the folks in Aliran to all of you:

Dear fellow Malaysians

For over 30 years, Aliran has been a beacon for Malaysian society in many important ways. Aliran provides a rallying point for citizens and civic organisations concerned with freedom, justice and democracy. Aliran defends civil liberties and human rights, and promotes inter-ethnic and inter-religious respect. More than that, Aliran advances the causes of marginalised communities, disadvantaged groups and persecuted individuals who are too often bereft of any opportunity to speak for themselves.

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