1. Dalam penghakiman bertarikh 14 Oktober 2013, Hakim Mohamed Apandi Bin Ali menolak rayuan yang dibawa oleh responden.(PUAK2 DAP) Di antara keputusan penghakiman beliau menyebut:
For completeness, I note that from a quick research on the history of the language of the Bible, it is clear that the word “Allah” does not appear even once as the name of God or even of a man in the Hebrew Scriptures. The name “Allah” does not appear, even once in either the Old or New Testaments. There is no such word at all in the Greek New Testament. In the Bible world, God has always been known as Yahweh, or by the contraction Yah. That being the historical fact it can be concluded that the word or name “Allah” is not an integral part of the faith and practice of Christianity, in particular that of the Roman Catholic Church.
2. Maka Apandi Ali menegaskan:
With the above historical and religious fact, I could not find any plausible reason as to why the respondent is adamant on using the word “Allah” in its weekly newsletter, particularly in its Malay version. Since “Allah” is never an integral part of the faith of the respondent, it is reasonable to conclude that the intended usage will cause unnecessary confusion within the Islamic community and is surely not conducive to the peaceful and harmonious tempo of life in the country. This conclusion is fortified by the fact that the majority population in this country is Malay and whose religion is Islam. A fortiori, under Article 160 of the Federal Constitution, a “Malay” is defined as “a person who professes the religion of Islam, habitually speaks the Malay language, …”
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