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Notes & CommentsFebruary 2010 The Malaysian alternative On linguistic timorousness off the Timor coast. Perhaps the Met could take a page from a recent court decision in Malaysia. At the end of December, Lau Bee Lan, a High Court Justice, settled a challenge by ruling that it was legal for a Catholic paper sold “only on church grounds and bearing the label FOR NON-MUSLIMS ONLY, to use the word ‘Allah’ in its Malay language edition.” What a scandal! Well, certain members of the religion of peace thought it scandalous enough to firebomb several Christian churches in Kuala Lumpur. According to one commentary, it is unclear at this point how much damage the affair has done to Malaysia’s international standing as a moderate Muslim country, but it has been considerable. The images of firebombed churches have flashed across the world’s major media, delivering a blow to the country’s ... This article originally appeared in The New Criterion, Volume 28 February 2010, on page 2 Copyright © 2012 The New Criterion | www.newcriterion.com http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/The-Malaysian-alternative-4383
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