Malaysia Fights the ‘Allah’ Case all Over Again

An insecure government seeks to preserve the word ‘Allah’ for Muslims only

The supremacy of ignorance, prejudice, and racism among Malaysia’s ruling elite is again on display in the government’s appeal against a court decision to allow the use of the word “Allah” to refer to God by Christians. The case by implication also pits actual practices in racially and religiously mixed Sarawak and Sabah against the exclusivist Malay Mu…