A group of about 200 Muslims protested this morning in Penang against the High Court verdict granting the Herald the right to use the term ‘Allah’.
The gathering, in front of the Dewan Sri Pinang, opposite the Penang High Court, began at 10.15am and ended before 11.15am, according to eyewitness. It was organised by the Badan Anti Inter-faith Council (Badai), and comprised representatives of various groups. Badai was the same loose group that gathered around 200 people and disrupted an Article 11 forum at a hotel in Penang in 2006.
Police, both uniformed and plainclothes, were out in numbers this morning, but the gathering, though emotionally charged, was peaceful.
The group called on the government and the Conference of Rulers to intervene.
Other Muslims, however, have different views. Check out Shah Alam MP Khalid Samad’s stand on the use of the term ‘Allah’.
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