Catholic Church in Malaysia Challenges Bible Ban

(29 October 09 –RV) Malaysian authorities confiscated more than 15,000 Bibles imported from Indonesia in recent months because they referred to «God» as «Allah,». The Catholic Church in Malaysia is currently challenging the ban in court, saying it is unconstitutional and discriminates against those worshipping in the Malay language. We spoke to the Editor of the Catholic weekly newspaper the Malaysian Herald, Father Lawrence Andrew.