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Malaysia’s highest court rejected a final bid by the country’s Catholic newspaper for the right to use the word “Allah” to refer to the Christian God, in a case that has aggravated religious tensions. The Federal Court, Malaysia’s highest, had ended a 7-year legal battle last June by rejecting a final appeal by The Herald weekly.
The newspaper subsequently launched an attempt to have the court undertake a rare review of last year’s decision, but the Federal Court dismissed the move Wednesday. Christians have pointed to the “Allah” controversy as indicative of shrinking tolerance for minority faiths in Muslim-majority Malaysia.
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