Tuesday, January 20, 2009

APA KEJADAHNYA!

Tice-tice di luar sana, tolong terjemah apa makna perkataan 'GOD' kat diorang yang BAHLOL sangat ni!!!

AFP - Wednesday, January 21KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - - A Catholic newspaper in Malaysia has defied a ban on using the word "Allah" as a translation for "God", in a row with the government which has threatened to close the weekly publication

The editor of the Herald newspaper, Father Lawrence Andrew, said this week's edition uses the banned word and that he intends to continue doing so until the courts rule on the issue next month.

"We find this restriction on the use of 'Allah' unacceptable when we have been using it as a translation for 'God' for centuries in Malaysia," he told AFP.

Authorities have said the word should only be used by Muslims.

The government last month ordered a ban on the Herald's Malay edition until the court makes its decision, as part of conditions for it to be allowed to continue printing its editions in English, Chinese and Tamil.

But after the newspaper warned it would take legal action to overturn the ban, the home ministry backed down and said it could continue publishing as long as it did not use the disputed translation.

"Munshi Abdullah, the father of modern Malay literature, translated the Bible into Malay in 1852 and he also translated 'God' as 'Allah' so there is strong historical proof of what we have been using for centuries," said Andrew.

The Herald, circulated among the country's 850,000 Catholics, nearly lost its publishing licence last year for using the disputed word.

Religion and language are sensitive issues in Malaysia where 60 percent of the nation's 27 million people are Muslim Malays.

The rest of the population takes in indigenous tribes as well as ethnic Chinese and Indians, variously practising Buddhism, Christianity and Hinduism among others.

Minority groups complain of increasing "Islamisation" of the country and say their rights are being eroded.

6 Comments:

  1. ckLah @xiiinam said...
    The chinese also called their prayer, "semayang" but that doesn't mean they pray the way Muslim did or the way Indians pray. Am I right?

    For them, the word 'GOD' means 'tuhan' (tuhan demalah!)and absolutely doesn't refer to 'Allah'

    N3 omputeh...ckLah kena komen cakap omputeh jugak...walaupun ckLah cikgu BM..he..he..

    Terkedu, pernah ckLah jemput PPD berucap, tetiba PPD dalam ucapannya ada ayat;
    "Saya harap. kamu semua berdoa kepada Tuhan masing-masing...supaya...bla...bla...bla...!" Biar betul Tuan PPD ni...
    Unknown said...
    ucapan ppd tu.... tersuratnya nampak 'menghormati' org kat depan yg macam2... tpi tersiratnya.... kita tak pernah pakai 'tuhan' lain utk dpt keberkatan
    izman said...
    saya sokong, apsal ada org yg sewel terjemah tuhan kafir jadi Allah.
    Unknown said...
    tu la pasal... diorang ni saja buat bodo je ni
    ~PakKaramu~ said...
    Salam ziarah dari Pak karamu
    Unknown said...
    salam pak.... ada masa kunjunglah lagi

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