Christians in Sabah, Sarawak not affected by court decision on use of Allah word - Najib

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the Appeals Court's decision on the use of the word Allah does not affect Christians in Sabah and Sarawak.

Najib said the contents in the 10-Point Agreement decided by the federal cabinet on the matter would be maintained for the two states.

"...recently when the Appeals Court made its decision on the use of the word Allah, it did not at all touch on the practices of christians in Sabah and Sarawak, in fact the 10-Point Agreement is still being maintained," he said.

Najib, who is also Barisan Nasional (BN) chairman, said this when opening Parti Bersatu Sabah's (PBS) 28th Delegates Conference in Penampang near here today.

On Oct 14, a three-man bench of the Appeals Court in Putrjaya in hearing an appeal by the government had ruled that the Catholic church in the country could not use the word Allah to refer to God in its weekly publication The Herald.