Malaysian court bans use of 'Allah' by non-Muslims

October 14, 2013 11:00AM ET

Ban on widely used Arabic word for 'God' underlines religious tensions in Southeast Asian nation

Malay Muslim students

A Malaysian appeals court on Monday upheld a government ban against the use of the word "Allah" to refer to non-Muslim faiths' God, rejecting claims by Christians in the Muslim-majority nation that the restriction violates their religious rights.

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