Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng says there is no law in Penang that forbids non-Muslims from using the word ‘Allah’. – The Malaysian Insider file pic, December 12, 2014.
Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng has assured that there is no prohibition on non-Muslims using the word “Allah” in Penang.
He said the Penang State Islamic Religious Administration Enactment 2004, which had a fatwa appended on the matter in 2010, does not apply to non-Muslims.
“Non-Muslims are not subjected to Islamic law,” Lim said at a press conference in his office today.
“The enactment only applies to Muslims, and not to non-Muslims. So the issue does not arise,” he said in response to a call by MCA Religious Harmony Bureau chairman Datuk Seri Ti Lian Ker for Penang to rescind the prohibition.
“We have not passed any law that allows this to apply to non-Muslims,” Lim, who is DAP secretary-general, added.
“Why are they asking us to amend the law when there are no laws (that need) to be amended?”
- TMI
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