Malaysian Church News

• Gathering space

  Feb 06, 2015

  I am supposing that by “gathering space,” you refer to the narthex, vestibule or porch at the entrance of the church and separated from the body of the church by a wall, railing or screen.

  

• Formation and training of catechists and RCIA facilitators in the pipeline

  Feb 06, 2015

  Delegates from the nine Arch/Dioceses of Malaysia met for the yearly Malaysian Catechetical Commission meeting at the Archdiocesan Pastoral Centre Jan 26-29.

  

• Hope the country will ‘open up’

  Jan 30, 2015

  The editor of the HERALD, Fr Lawrence Andrew, has expressed hope that Malaysia will open up and accommodate the rights of religious minorities and minority communities in the country.

  

• Three things we learned from: Malaysia’s ‘Allah’ case

  Jan 30, 2015

  Now that the Federal Court has slammed its doors shut on the Catholic Church, it is stuck with the Home Ministry’s 1986 ‘Allah’ ban.

  
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  Government acting in bad faith

  Jan 29, 2015

  Jerry Dusing, who is president of the Sabah Sidang Injil Borneo (SIB) also lamented the Federal Court’s decision. Dusing wondered if the government was not being insincere with the Christian community in Malaysia.

  

• Another case with ‘Allah’

  Jan 29, 2015

  On Jan 22, the case of Sarawakian Christian, Jill Ireland, who had her eight CDs containing the word “Allah” confiscated by the Home Ministry, was heard at the Kuala Lumpur High Court.

  

• In a separate case, Appeal Court says: State Enactments cannot overrule the Federal Constitution

  Jan 29, 2015

  Although Islam is the religion of the Federation in Malaysia, as defined under Article 3(1) of the Federal Constitution, it is subject to the limitations of the fundamental liberties of a person, the Court of Appeal ruled today.

  
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  All is not lost, decision confined to HERALD only

  Jan 29, 2015

  On Jan 21, the five-man bench headed by Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Embong took an hour to return a unanimous verdict in the negative to the Church’s final attempt to revive its appeal.

  

• Thank you for your prayers and support

  Jan 29, 2015

  God be praised at all times. We continue to thank God for His faithful love. He has not abandoned us. He loves us even more.

  
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  Bishop Paul Tan: ‘Allah’ decision not written in stone

  Jan 29, 2015

  Catholic Bishop Dr Paul Tan Chee Ing described the Federal Court’s decision to dismiss the Catholic Church’s review application in the ‘Allah’ case as the “triumph of politics over judicial reasoning based on the constitution”.