ALA-mak! Confusing And Misleading “Allah” Issue Among Malaysians

For some time now, many Malaysians have been embroiled in the controversial “Allah” issue in Malaysia. Or to be exact, the use of the word “Allah” by non-Muslims in Malaysia.

There are so many quarters involved in this sensitive matter, which include the Kuala Lumpur High Court, the Council of Churches of Malaysia (CCM), Abdul Hadi Awang, the Selangor sultan, Lawyer Annou Xavier, Lim Guan Eng, The Kedah branch of the Kesejahteraan Insan Tanah Air (Kita) party, Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, Mat Sabu, Bishop Dr Paul Tan Chee Ing, Mohd Puad Zarkashi, Datuk Ibrahim Ali, MCA deputy publicity chief Loh Seng Kok, The Malaysian Gurdwaras Council (MGC), and many other Malaysians.

Allah issue Malaysian cartoonThen there are many who are still asking:  “God created man or man created God?”.  Maybe some of you may like to check out this provocative and entertaining  book by  Christopher Hitchens called “God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything“.

Below is one of the many video clips featuring the debate between two published authors, Christopher Hitchens and Frank Turek on the topic, “Does God Exist?

Click on the image below to play the video.

To view it in the full screen mode, click on the box next to the word “YouTube”, when the video starts to play.