Sunday, January 10, 2010

Is Malaysia Heading Into A Religious Civil War?



Religious Violence In Malaysia Escalates As More Churches Attacked -- The Telegraph

Religious violence in Malaysia escalated on Sunday after three more churches were attacked in an unprecedented wave of assaults on Christian houses of worship.

No one was hurt in the latest upsurge of violence which saw two churches firebombed and a third dubbed with black paint in a row sparked by a court decision allowing non-Muslims to use the word "Allah" in place of God in their literature and worship.

Four other churches in Kuala Lumpur were firebombed on Friday and Saturday amid outrage in the Muslim-majority country over the court's move to overturn a government prohibition on the use of Allah by Christians when using the Malay language.

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More News On Malaysia's Civil War

More Malaysia churches attacked -- Al Jazeera
More Malaysian churches attacked in Allah dispute -- BBC
Three More Churches, Catholic School Attacked in Malaysia -- Voice of America
Malaysian churches attacked in feud -- Press Association
Malaysia’s Prime Minister intervenes to defuse religious violence -- Times Online
Will Najib Razak Reform Malaysia? -- Karim Raslan, Wall Street Journal
Can Christians Say 'Allah'? In Malaysia, Muslims Say No -- Time Magazine

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