Malaysian Church News

• Fr Dominic off for further studies

  Jun 26, 2014

  In 2008, Fr Dominic Santhiyagu came to City Parish to serve as assistant parish priest to Fr Michael Thoo. Two years later, he assumed the post of parish priest.

  

• JY Pillay prays for Holy Spirit to guide him

  Jun 26, 2014

  St Ignatius parishioner JY Pillay says he feels “some trepidation” at being appointed to the Vatican’s financial watchdog agency.

  
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  What the 3 dissenting judges said about ‘Allah’ appeal

  Jun 24, 2014

  The Federal Court yesterday dismissed the Catholic Church's leave application to appeal the "Allah" ban in the Herald.

  
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  When Putrajaya’s words mean naught to Malaysians

  Jun 24, 2014

  Just pull up that statement by Putrajaya on the decision by the Federal Court not to grant leave to the Catholic Church to appeal against the ruling by the Court of Appeal upholding an order prohibiting a publication of the church from using the word Allah.

  
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  Federal Court decision on Allah only for Herald :Putrajaya

  Jun 23, 2014

  Putrajaya said that today's Federal Court ruling on the Allah issue applied only to the Catholic weekly, Herald.

  
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  Council of Churches calls Federal Court ruling on Allah issue a ‘regressive move’

  Jun 23, 2014

  More Christian bodies have come out to criticise the Federal Court decision today to dismiss the church's leave application to appeal the "Allah" ban in Herald, with the Council of Churches Malaysia saying it was a regressive decision.

  
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  Catholic Church disappointed, mulls option to ask for review of Allah decision

  Jun 23, 2014

  The Catholic Church is disappointed that the four judges who had rejected their application to the Federal Court for leave to appeal the ban on the use of the word "Allah" in their weekly publication had not talked about the rights of minority in the country.

  

• Sabah court sets July 10 date for decision on possible judicial review

  Jun 20, 2014

  The Kota Kinabalu High Court will decide on July 10 whether it will hear a judicial review on the Home Ministry’s decision to seize 2,000 copies of HERALD last October.

  
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  UiTM’s anti-Christian seminar just brainstorming session :Muhyiddin

  Jun 20, 2014

  Despite criticism of a public university’s religiously charged seminar last month, which attacked Christianity and reports of dubious speakers claiming to be former Catholic clergy, Putrajaya now says the seminar was just a form of "intellectual brainstorming which should be viewed positively".

  

• Hasan says it is ‘jihad’

  Jun 19, 2014

  Muslim NGO Jati has urged all Muslims to stand behind the Selangor Islamic Affairs Council’s decision not to return the 321 copies of the Malay and Iban language Bible to the Bible Society Malaysia .