A Christian is challenging the confiscation of CDs referring to "Allah", church officials said on Tuesday, a case that could deepen a row over Christians' use of the word to refer to God in mostly Muslim Malaysia. The latest case follows a recent court ruling that allowed a Catholic newspaper to use "Allah" in its Malay-language edition which prompted Muslims to protest at mosques and sparked arson attacks on nine churches and a Catholic school.
Jill Ireland Lawrence Bill, a member of Sidang Injil Borneo (SIB), the Borneo Evangelical Church, is seeking a court declaration that it is her right to possess the material.