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Nik is Correct.

However in Malaysia the word "Allah" belongs to UMNO only.

Only they are the true Muslim and the rest of Muslims are not Muslims.

Only UMNO is real Malay the rest just cap palang.

Only UMNO is the king, the rest just listen.

Only UMNO is the greatest and rightful party, the rest just illegal (including MCA/MIC/Gerakan running dog)

Only UMNO is the law, the rest are monkeys.

Malaysian is living in BolehLand and UMNOLand.

We only have better tomorrow once UMNO has been sent to hell.

Hopefully, with this, all the small-minded bigots can shut up about 'copy-righting' ALLAH for "MALAY" use only...

What a better way to overcome religious divide by letting non muslims use the word allah. Tok guru is an elightened man. He see human being beyond the divide of religion . We are close to our religion but we respect the religion of our neighbour. Like when we graduate from university. We use our skills to serve humankind but we maintain an affliation with our university. we should graduate from our religion and believe in serving human kind. Tok Guru you have my utmost respect

No country in the world,
No Muslim country in the world,
Only in Malaysia, only in Umno-led government -
they ban the use of the term Allah for Christians to worship.

Every Arab Christian call God Allah,
Every Arabic Bible, Allah is the the term used as God.
But Umno wants to ban Allah...for Christians.

Every Indonesian Christian since the earliest time has called God Allah,
Every Indonesian Bible right from the beginning has Allah as its term for God.

No problem for Arab Muslims, No problem for Indonesian Muslims -
Why Umno Muslims making this issue as the Islamic issue to fight against God?

The Christians in Sabah and Sarawak - these two states joined Malaya to form Malaysia in 1963,
They were promised freedom and prosperity, equality and justice -
Now UMNO is showing their true colours - they are masters and Bumiputra in these two states are slaves -

Arise, Sabah and Sarawak -
Arise, Orang Asli in Peninsula - you are older than Malays in this land,
Together - we fight Umno, because Umno is fighting against GOD.
And you all call GOD - Allah.

Magnanimity manifests in Tuan Guru Nik Aziz.

The same religion Islam, how come it is so narrow with Shyed Hamid, whilst it can be so broad with Nik Aziz? It is the difference between the hypocrite and the real guru.

Difference in class, totally.

In general, it is ridiculous if a child is forbidden to call his own father "father"; what more if one's God is "Allah" but not allowed to call "Allah" by law? Is anyone above God Himself?

What a laughing stock by Syed Hamid. How come a mistake is made? Dont lie to the people. It is you who have no guts and chicken out!

Again n again that our Federal Gov wasting time on the silly things again. I believe that Quran did not set this law right? Dollah and Najis, focus more the economy lar. Syed Hamid got time, go and study whether can release those ISA detainees or not lar. UMNO should join NATO.

No Action Talk Only.

Aye. It is a non issue. A bungle by Mr Syed Hamid and the Cabinet. An issue that is now hijacked by its far-right elements. Perhaps Mr Najib in all his wisdom and firmness can declare this as a non issue before it became one. To do so is not necessarily a stand-down. Takes real leadership to lead and not be led by lesser people. The "mob" is not always right.

IF The spiritual Leader Of can be open about the "word "Allah"...funny those highly schooled Loyar and BullFart Grad cannot......

I still cannot understand ?

To ban only shows how narrow minded umno people are, one must be strong in their believe and not aalah word will convert muslim to other faith. Non muslim listen to prayers from mosque and surau every day, 5 times a day and they dont become muslim !

Tok Guru you are right to point this simple fact out and again , bumiputra OR ketuanan melayu or class F is unislamic, Islam talk about equality

I am here in an Arab land saying the words "Insyallah", "Alhamdulilah", "Marsaalah".... everyday and so do many other non-Muslims here. I don't think the Muslim Arabs are confused. Confusion only happens in Bolehland I guess.

What is with these incompetent gomen people... Malaysians are suffering financially and yet these pea-size brain gomen servants are making a big hoohah over petty issues. Please grow up will ya...

i salute nik aziz! he is so right - non muslim should be allowed to use allah. allah does NOT belongs to malaysian muslim only. tok guru is a wise and highly respected man - he agreed non muslim should be allowed to use allah yet he did not want to interfere with the govt. unlike those muslim groups e.g. that malaysia islamic da'wah foundation (yakin) who interfere saying syed hamid is 'derhaka' when he allowed the use of allah. then this syed hamid got scared shit and quickly flipped flopped!

Tok Guru is internationally known Islamic leader and the country's most respected Muslim leaders said non-Muslim is allowed to use the word Allah.

Next another flip flop, then another flip flop and another flip flop until I lost my balance and fall.

"They are also suspicious about the intent of Christians, with some accusing churches of trying to use the word “Allah” to convert Muslims."
Are the muslims so easily swayed? I dont think so. If they are, then something must be terribly wrong with their religious leaders. First there is no money involved should anyone want to leap frog. Secondly, who would want to risk going to jail for trying to convert muslims in this country. So why the fear? The way I see it is POWER and kiasu, two ingredients that the muslim leaders and umno are not willing to let go.

Well done! Tok Guru, you are as brilliant as a mirror, as clear as crystal. As a non-Muslims, they are very grateful to thanks you for your kindness and understanding. It is not important whether it can be used in non-Muslims or not. The belief is in the heart and not because of a word which are in different language. "Allah" is "God" and "God" is "Allah". Make no different. Its only depend what type of mother's tongue is been used.

these muslim groups are so shallow and backward. pls refer to article by rpk on the stupidity of some muslims and hypocrisy of muslims by tawfik hamid. allah was used by the jews and the christains way before islam existed

Tok guru is correct. As far as muslim understand Allah is the one and only, it doesn't metter who else would like to use the term. The Quran has strongly define Allah which different from other gods:
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. Say: He is Allah, the One and Only; Allah, the Eternal, Absolute; He begetteth not, nor is He begotten; And there is none like unto Him (Quran 112:1-4)
Why UMNo hate the used of Allah for other religion. Are they not confident enough with Islam? They suppose to encourage the used of Allah even in English Bible. The Cristian will realised the religion from the same root.

I am a Catholic..
n i truly believed Nik Aziz is touched by God!
Allah bless you Tok Guru!!

Not allowing non Muslims to use the world "Allah" is just plain religious bigotry. Even the place where Islam originated both Muslims and non Muslims used the word "Allah" to refer to god and the Muslims there are not confused. I dont buy the argument that Malaysian Muslims can be confused over the use of the word "Allah" or there is a hidden agenda to convert Muslims here to another religion. Why are the Malaysian Muslims letting themselves subject to such patronising by a few Muslim NGOs.

I am not going to argue with Tuan Guru Nik Aziz on matters concerning Islam.

well......non-muslim bumiputera of Sarawak & Sabah.....throw this racist umno Bullshit National out next election......

From 1511 to 1957 the Malays have never been confused or threatened by conversion. But now UMNO orchestrated ploys to divert attention and portray as defenders of religion.

I have worked in the Middle East, Indonesia and other Muslim majority countries. Other religions are freely allowed to use the word All Mighty Allah. No Muslims in these countries got confused. In my old days in my kampung where majority were Malays, other races use the word Tuan Allah when communicating with each. Non of my Malay neighbours were confused.

Now we are confused..how this issue can be confusing.

Malaysian Govt. is a flip flop govt...first the works minister announced that
5 toll rates over 5 highways will be increased,when malaysians protested,
the enlightened prime minister declared that a review will be done,no increase
until end 2009.

Then the question of the word Allah used by The Herald Catholic news magazine
arose,an announcement was made that approval has been granted provided a stamp
with the wordings For Christians Newspaper only...then,our stupid clown Home Affair
minister said no approval was given...

What is Malaysia coming too...simple decisions and many more eg.Sime Darby-IJN deal,
Sime Darby-Airasia Labu airport...today approved,tomorrow cancelled..no wonder there
is no sense of direction from the top,flip flopping here,frogs hopping there..

Finally,there is a quotation in the bible...Man of little faith,why do you doubt..yourself.
If you are strong in your faith,does the word Allah really matters that so frightened you
that muslims can be so easily hijacked in their faith when other religions uses the word
Allah.All religions preaches love,compassion,peace and brother hood,no religion is above
the other,except in Malaysia as preached by a handful of politicians.

On that score,I salute Dato Nik Aziz,the tok guru and Mentri Besar,Kelantan.Just look at
the house he lives in,despite being an mb for unteem years as compared to that of UMNO.

syed hamid should take lessons and learn the basic fundamentals of his religion from the tok guru in order for him not to cause another blunder to Umno. If he doesn't go back to school, he will continue to put his foot in his mouth.
it shows he doesn't even trust his fellow muslims lest they be confused!!!! the question is who is confused in the first place.? the statement that he made answers it all. His fellow muslims are much smarter and fundamentally sound than him. those who want to follow him will be dragged down with him. it is an insult to all my learned muslim friends.

Who are the Muslim Groups? And based on what Nik Aziz says, would that mean there are differences of opinion between these groups and Tok Guru himself?

So, then, we can now focus on why on earth is this whole thing dictated by the Home Affairs ministry, and for what end?

I call on all Christian Sabahans and Sarawakians to vote UMNO and Barisan out of office in your respective state or else you will not be able to use the word Allah anymore. Even an Islamic party like PAS allowed the use of Allah by Non-Muslims.

I hope Nik Aziz makes it as the last PM under the RAHMAN theory (or conspiracy). I stayed in Kelantan during Barisan Nasional rule and I remember that even the churches were told not to put up their cross. Much later, when I returned to Kota Bahru, under PAS rule, I saw this big foam cut out of the Nativity scene displayed in front of the Catholic Church. I asked some of my friends how it was possible,and they told me that PAS was not as narrow minded as BN.
Later I met some Hindu friends and they happily told me that they are now given permission to build their Hindu temple in Kota Bahru which they had been asking for so long from BN. Befrore that, Hindus had to go all the way to Tumpat to pray every Friday. Under PAS, they were allowed to have their own temple in Kota Bahru. PAS does not go around breaking Hindu temples like how the Barisan Nasional government does.

Jika seseorang itu beriman kuat, apa nak ditakutkan. Cuma orang-orang yang lemah mudah dipengaruhi oleh rasuah, wang haram, rampasan haram, masiat, penipuan dan lain-lain lagi!

UMNO, UMNO, why are you all so greedy and narrow-minded in all things? All of you have been singing the same tune everyday: the country is ours, the money is ours, the positions are ours, the power is ours, the police is ours, the court is ours, the ......(you name it) are all ours! Even the word "Allah" is ours!

In this Bolehland, even God's name, 'Allah', can be taken to court. Where on earth can u find that? Next time, those fools especially Botak Hamid will face God in the real judgement day!

It is much ado over nothing but our umno boys are running out of ideas to rally the Malay heartland.

By stirring up this issue, they insult Islam by implying that it is such a logically indefensible belief system that its adherents are easily confused and can be converted by the mere use of the term,Allah, by others. Look at it this way; adherents of other faiths have no qualms about being confused and converted to Islam in a reciprocal way when they use the word in their publications.

True muslims who can see beyond racial and religious politics should know better than to fall for this low political ploy to gather support for what is essentially an immoral regime. It is just the usual divide-and-rule tactics from their dirty tricks department.

Nik Aziz's remark would definitely raise respect of non-muslim towards Islam. Liberal Islam leaders are really good and welcome for unity in Malaysia, not those of UMNO-Islam, seen to be extreme...which have been misusing Islam's values for political gains.
Islam is noble.
UMNO's way of Islam, is really question marks ????

Islam is meant to be a religion for all humanity but the way Umno preaches/practises it, one cannot really tell... Umno's version shows more evidence of ethnocentrism and extremism... so I find PAS understanding of Islam is much more attractive and relevant to non Muslims... not to mention more in keeping with its original spirit

[Genesis 1:1 - English Bible - King James Version]
"In the beginning God created the Heaven and the Earth . . . "

[Genesis 1:1 - Arabic transliteration]
"Fee al-badi' khalaqa Allahu as-Samaawaat wa al-Ard . . . "

[John 3:16 - English Bible - King James Version]
"For God so loved the world, that . . . "

[John 3:16 - Arabic transliteration]
"Li-annhu haakadha ahabba Allahu al-'Aalama hataa badhala . . . "

Umno wants to rob Allah from the Bible,
Umno is anti-God, think!!!!
Muhammad never stop the Jews and Christians from calling God Allah, never once...
Umno government is putting all stops to Christians from freedom of worship...
Umno wants to be smarter than the Prophet - Umno is anti-Prophet??? Think!!!!

Umno is a thief, murderer and destroyer...
Umno is now trying to hijack Allah from the Bible -
Please read Arabic Bible -
Arabic Bible is longer, older - predates the Koran.

Mengapa rakyat Kelantan akan terus memilih PAS untuk mengurus kehidupan mereka di Kelantan? Anda perhatikan kehebatan rakyat Kelantan di bawah:
1- Agama adalah nyawa dan maruah diri mereka. Anda akan melihat bagaimana Islam terlalu mengawal pergerakan dan tingkah laku mereka dalam segala aspek. Oleh kerana PAS dikenali lama sebagai parti ugama, sedang UMNO pula dikenali sebagai parti dunia, sekular, kuasa, wang dan dendam, maka mudah sekali rakyat Kelantan memilih PAS tanpa syak dan ragu.

2- PAS memiliki pemimpin ugama sebagai qudwah yang diikuti. Hampir tiada ulama besar di Kelantan untuk diminta fatwa dan nasihat kecuali mereka menyokong PAS dan perjuangannya. Rakyat Kelantan akan mudah merasa bersalah dan berdosa untuk memilih UMNO kerana mereka merasakan mereka tidak bersama dan tanpa restu para ulama.

3- Politik adalah kopi ‘O’ rakyat Kelantan. Di sini, kopi diteguk di kedai - kedai makan untuk melawaskan perdebatan dan perbincangan perihal politik setempat dan tanah air. Dengan kesedaran politik yang tinggi, di samping isu - isu negara yang tidak menyokong kerajaan BN, adalah tidak sukar untuk rakyat Kelantan terus mengundi PAS lagi.

4- Pembanguna fizikal di Kelantan tidak meruntuhkan binaan rohani sebagaimana begitulah senarionya di negara kita. Di Malaysia, kesima nafsu terhadap pembangunan fizikal telah meruntuhkan jiwa, akhlak dan ugama. Di Kelantan, kerancakan pembangunan fizikal tidak kehilangan arah dan kawalan. Malah, rakyat sedar bahawa kerajaan PAS menerapkan isi dan keberkatan di dalam pembangunan fizikal.

5- Berakar dari bawah, segenap lapisan rakyat merasai kewujudan sebuah kerajaan berkebajikan yang cuba melaksanakan amanah kuasa dengan kehendak ugama. Sentuhan hangat daripada pihak penguasa dan rasa selamat dan dilindungi menjadi satu daya yang kuat untuk mereka terus memberi sokongan dan dukungan kepada PAS untuk terus memerintah Kelantan.

6- PAS kian diyakini kekuatan dan kemampuannya. 18 tahun memerintah Kelantan menjadikan PAS kuat dan mampu. Akhirnya kekuatan dan kemampuannya diyakini dan diterima rakyat tanpa rasa kekok, ragu dan rimas. PAS terbukti berjaya membuktikan ISLAM BOLEH!

7- Rekod PAS bersih daripada penyelewengan dan rasuah oleh BPR sepanjang pemerintahannya. Ini secara kasarnya menakjubkan kerana rakyat sering menyaksikan medan politik negara yang penuh comot dengan rasuah dan penyelewengan.

8- PAS, khususnya jentera pemudanya adalah rakan anak muda. Adalah diyakini anak - anak muda Kelantan begitu selesa dengan kepimpinan pemuda PAS di setiap peringkat yang sentiasa turun padang memberi khidmat dan bantuan bagi memenuhi keperluan dan kebajikan mereka.

9- Hubungan baik dan intim antara kerajaan negeri dengan istana. Istana Kelantan yang menjadi payung agama dan rakyat jelata sentiasa di hati rakyat. Apabila hubungan di antara kedua - duanya dilihat baik dan selesa, rakyat Kelantan akan turut rasa selesa dan sejahtera.

10- UMNO terlalu lemah. UMNO tiada pemimpin contoh, tiada pemimpin muda harapan, tiada jasa besar sebagai pembangkang, tiada janji yang menyelerakan rakyat dan tiada sebab untuk diberi peluang dan harapan. Di hadapan, rakyat melihat kecelakaan bakal mengiringi UMNO jika mereka melangkah masuk ke tampuk Kota Darul Naim sekal lagi.

Itulah 10 jika anda mahukan 10 yang sempurna dan ringkas. Asasnya, PAS lebih mendekati kehendak ugama, sedang UMNO hanyalah memperlakukan ugama sekehendak nafsunya. Asasnya, PAS lebih baik persembahannya berbanding UMNO. Asasnya, rakyat Kelantan cukup matang untuk menghukum kezaliman dan kepalsuan.
Tahniah rakyat Kelantan! Allahu akbar wa liLlahil hamd.

Just not too long ago, the mere mention of PAS would send chills down many non Muslims spines. As it is now, PAS has gained the most respect not only among non Muslims, but also Muslims alike. For one, Pas never wavered from its real objective, ie the setting up of an Islamic state, and so is Karpal Singh,who stood by his principle to fight it all the way. Yet, Dap and Pas has quite a good working relationship. Because, Pas has been harping for so long, it has become the devil we know, but for Umno, it has turn into the devil we fear and don't really know, ie literally speaking. For Nik Aziz to confirm that 'Allah 'is allowed use by non Muslims, what more is there to debate?

Terdapat lebih daripada 30 buah kuil Buddha di seluruh Kelantan. Ini adalah agak pelik memandangkan penduduk Kelantan terdiri daripada 95% beragama Islam. Antara kuil yang paling popular ialah Wat Pothvihan yang terletak di Cabang Empat, yang menempatkan patung Buddha yang panjangnya 40m. Patung yang sedang berbaring ini dianggap antara yang terbesar di dunia dalam kategori yang serupa dan ia dikenali sebagai “the sleeping Buddha”. Wat Uttamaram pula yang terletak di Pasir Mas dianggap sebagai kuil Buddha tertua dan tercantik di Malaysia…..

(The most popular Buddhist temple in Kelantan would be the Wat Pothvihan near Cabang Empat, which houses the 40m long reclining Buddha (one of the largest of its kind in the world) draped in pink robes — it is larger than the one in Wat Chaiya Mangkalaram in Penang. This statue took six years to build. It is known as the sleeping Buddha…..)

- Petikan daripada Wikipedia

Di Kelantan (di mana kami dibesarkan), kerajaan fundamentalis Islam PAS di Kelantan dan cawangan-cawangan PAS pun tidak pernah membantah kuil Sivan Hindu ditempatkan di tengah-tengah 99.99% kampong Melayu di Kota Bharu. Malah, Menteri Besar Kelantan telah meluluskan 1 ekar tanah tambahan berhampiran kuil Hindu yang sedia ada supaya kuil berkenaan dapat dibina dengan lebih teratur dan lebih besar kerana seluruh kampong Melayu terpaksa dipindahkan untuk memberi laluan kepada pembesaran Bandar Kota Bharu. Kuil Hindu yang baru ini sekarang berdiri megah di tengah-tengah Bandar Kota Bharu. Juga, Kuil Hindu Sri Maha Mariamman yang terletak di tengah-tengah kawasan kuat PAS di Tumpat, Kelantan yang dikelilingi oleh 99.99% orang-orang Melayu juga tidak pernah menghadapi sebarang masaalah…..

(In Kelantan (where we were brought up), even the fundamentalist Islamic PAS government in Kelantan and PAS branches had never objected to the Sivan Hindu temple being located in the midst of a 99.99% Malay village in Kota Bahru. In fact the said Kelantan PAS Chief Minister had granted a bigger one acre nearby land for this Hindu temple to be properly relocated built and expanded as the said whole malay village had to make way for the Kota Baru town expansion. This brand new Hindu temple now sits majestically in the heart of Kota Bahru town. Further, the Sri Maha Mariamman Hindu Temple in the fundamental Islamic PAS stronghold in Tumpat, Kelantan is also surrounded by 99.99% Malays but we never ever had problems…..)

- Hindraf in www.bangkit.net


Kerajaan yang diterajui PAS di Kelantan tidak pernah merobohkan satu pun kuil Hindu atau kuil Buddha. Malah, patung Buddha berbaring yang terbesar di Asia Tenggara bukanlah di Thailand tetapi di Kelantan, di Kampung Neting, Tumpat, di tempat saya dibesarkan. Kerajaan PAS tidak merobohkan kuil-kuil, hanya kerajaan UMNO yang merobohkan kuil-kuil…..

(The PAS-led government in Kelantan has not broken a single Hindu or Buddhist temple. In fact the largest sleeping Buddha in Southeast Asia is not in Thailand but in Kelantan in Kampung Neting, Tumpat, where I grew up. The PAS-led government does not break temples, only the Umno-lead government breaks temples…..)

- Uthayakumar in malaysiakini.com


Pernah pada satu hari MB Kelantan (Tok Guru Nik Aziz) telah mendapati salib di sebuah gereja di Kota Bharu telah tiada (yakni salib gereja tertua dan terbesar di Kota Bharu, Church of Our Lady Fatima). Lantas beliau pun bertanya kepada Dato Annuar Tan (EXCO Kerajaan Negeri) kemana perginya salib besar di atas gereja berkenaan? Rupanya Tok Guru perasan yang salib di gereja berkenaan telah tiada. Tok Guru mengarahkan Dato Annuar supaya menyiasat jika salib itu diturunkan atas arahan mana-mana pihak samada PBT atau kerajaan negeri, maka ianya mesti dinaikkan kembali. Setelah disiasat didapati bahawa pihak gereja yang menurunkannya untuk kerja-kerja pengubahsuaian…..

(It happens that one day, the CM of Kelantan, Tok Guru Nik Aziz found that a cross fronting the oldest church in Kelantan (Church of Our Lady Fatima) was missing. He immediately consulted Dato Annuar Tan (the state’s EXCO) on the cross’s disappearance. It is surprising that he noticed the cross was missing. Tok Guru instructed Dato’ Annuar to investigate if the cross was brought down upon instruction from local authority or state government, and if it is so then it must be reinstated. Upon investigation, it was found that it is the church authority which brought down the cross for some repair works…..)

- Hu Pang Chow, Pengerusi Kelab Penyokong PAS

Allah is the god for mountain
allah is the god for insects
allah is the god for plants
allah is the god for human being
allah is the god for non muslim and ALLAH IS THE GOD FOR MUSLIM

In order to try to regain their support, those BN political leaders are trying to use whatever remaining sensitive issues left in order to make them believe that the BN leaders are fighting for their rights and causes. What issues are still left untouched? First the Ketuahan Melayu, then the false accusation on Teresa on stopping the Izan call for prayer, follow by insinuation that disagreement with the Sultan is equavalent to an insult to the Malays, and now the use of Allah by other faiths will confuse the Muslims. After this what else???? From all these it look like BN will never change. What the BN leaders promised to the people for better governing of the country after suffered the humilitaing lost in the last election will never able materialise since until today they are still focusing on the wrong things, and not on what they have promised to the rakyat. What a pity!!! When the Titanic was sinking, there was nothing you can do to save it. Similarly when BN sinks, we only wish it could sink faster so that the people with the new governemnt could be given a free hand to govern without all these subversive activites going on. What BN does exactly reflect a drowning man in the sea - futilely grasping to whatever to stay afloat.

However the people is aware of their tricks and will not fall into it.

written by Joeking, March 01, 2009
aku kecewa dengan statment dari Tok Guru.....siapa lagi yang boleh aku harap nak mempertahankan Islam...satu hari nanti, ceramah Kristian akan disiarkan di TV secara terbuka di Malaysia dengan menyebut nama Allah...satu hari nanti...gereja di Malaysia akan berupa bentuk seperti Masjid dengan panganut Kristiannya memakai songkok dan ketayap macam orang Pas masuk ke gereja...ini hanya satu permulaan mainan dari puak Kristian...syabas Tok Guru...demi undi...Tok Guru sanggup melakukan apa saja......hari paling malang bagi orang Islam di Malaysia....

---> He's not 'joeking' , He must be joking!

Joeking,ko ni memang betul2 org UMNO yg bodoh la!
Ko tau x dlm Al-Quran sendiri ada tertulis bahawa org Nasrani & Yahudi memanggil Allah sebagai Tuhan. Dlm kitab Injil/Bible sendiri pun ada menyebut bahawa Tuhan itu Allah.
Nabi Muhammad pun x pernah melarang org Nasrani & Yahudi menyebut Allah sebagai Tuhan.
Kau siapa nak dibandingkan dgn Nabi Muhammad?
Kau siapa nak dibandingkan dgn Tuan Guru Nik Aziz?
Mesti kau ni pencacai si KJ/Najib kan?
Tunggulah balasan korang di akhirat nanti!
Allahu Akbar!!!

This is Nik Aziz's style. He will say its ok BUT AT SAME TIME HE WILL SAY HE WONT INTERFERE' Thats how this Kelantese leader like to comment or make statement. He is clever to cover his back side !! Just refer to all his previous statement..non committal.,

At the end of the day the people get blinded and become more confused.

The muslim groups must think their people are so stupid that they cant differiante religions. One they have been practising all their lifes and some of their fellow Malaysians practice. Give your people enough credit - stop spoon feeding them and let them draw their own conclusions. Allah btw may means God in Arabic so what is the problem again????

If Niz Aziz or Hadi is the Prime Minister of Malaysia he will prohibited the word 'Allah' to be used by Non Muslim even to have the Hudud law to these people. Malaysia should be very carefull not to fall into PAS traps. Dont be a 'rat' to be 'trap'. The problem with this issue is many Malay Muslim still living like a katak bawah tempurung. Not all malays opposed to the used of Allah by non muslim. These Malays most of them have study abroad, travell to middle east and other countries, surf web for 'ilmu' and attend 'majlis ilmu' . These malays knews the facts and are ready to accept it. No doubt the goverment should allow the used the word Allah by the christians to address their god but the goverment and Majlis Agama Islam should take the necessary steps and action to educate the Malays of the different meaning of Allah by the Christian.The differences between Christian Allah agains Muslim 'Allah'. With globlasation and non boundry influx of informations it is difficult for the goverment not to call a 'spade' a 'spade'. When you travel to Mesir' or other Arabic countries you come accross people greeting you with 'salam' and you greet them the same before realising they are heading to the church. Defending Islam is not by defending the word 'Allah' being used by the Christian. Defending Islam is defending the 'IMAN' of the muslim by education and practising it. If the christian believe that Allah is their god, why not just convert to Islam?

Hypocrites and CORRUPTED UMNO says No!!!

Memang Barua Nasional!

There is only ONE god. Allah.

If it's PAS ruling this country, I'd have no problems with anyone using the word Allah (in a good way, that is) because, well, at least they're sharing the same God with me, even if we believe in Him in different ways. And if PAS is the government of M'sia, I don't even mind if religious preachers are allowed to preach even to Muslims. Why? Because PAS will do it the way Islam has taught us - don't force religion to anyone but spread your beliefs in a peaceful way. I am also confident that a PAS gov would enhance religious education for Muslims (without forcing it onto non-Muslims like BN is doing) so then Muslim children will have better and stronger understanding of Islam that they won't be easily swayed. And it would be up to every individual, Muslim or not, to decide on what they want to believe. And I also don't care because PAS would set up enough reasonable laws on murtad so that if a Muslim wants to leave Islam, the murtad laws will apply to him and all relevant Islamic laws. So, why stop others from preaching? It's their right and Muslims would have other mechanisms to counter the missionaries. Don't force our belief onto others, but we can sure enforce rules on our own.

Unfortunately, the BN gov is not PAS. They don't care enough about Islamic education - they twist it for their own purposes. They care more about "Malay" than "Islam". They force "Islam" on every citizen, Muslims or non-Muslim and they don't even know much about Islam themselves (it is forbidden for a Muslim to deface or destroy the religious place of other religion - HIGHLY FORBIDDEN but BN destroys them anyway). And BN don't care about teaching Islam to Muslim kids - instead they worry about elements seeping into Muslim lifestyle, they worry about missionaries preaching but don't do anything about it. So all of us will always be in contrast to each other - we keep on having unreconciled differences among races, religion, etc. Divide and conquer, eh? Their white masters have taught the BN well. We will all remain colonised by the British as long as we keep on voting for the BN. As long as they are in power, we will never be free and I will continue to be suspicious of the Herald using Malay and the word Allah in their publication.

I won't be suspicious if it is PAS in power because I know they would do it right, or at least they will try their best.

The only thing confusing is the government's take on this. Flip flop all the way . It seemed the by elections are the real reasons. The ban comes into prominent in the Permatang Pauh , then maybe relaxed for Batang Ai and then they realized that they may loose the Bukits. This is total stupidity.

Well, i think we have the 'funniest' government in the region if not the world. Ministers not knowing what they are saying and are still able to live in denial thinking that what they do is acceptable by the rakyat. Remember the show 'kids say the darndest things?'. Our ministers are better than that, but still I don't understand why is our movie industry is suffering, any takers?

It should be translated into many languages and books. It is not an offence to call the word of Allah differently. As long as it is full heartly and meaning is there. How does orang bisu pray then? How does those people with vocal cord problem say it then? The idea, it has to make more people understand the faith, build the interest and converting. Otherwise how to expand Islam? Tok Guru is very intelligent, smart and farsighted.

Yesterday's news - Segregation of sexes at payment counters: Condemnation pours towards Tok Guru, for he has shown that he is outdated and sexists.

Today's news - The usage of the word Allah: All hail Tok Guru, for he has shown that he is fair and wise.

Tomorrow's news?

Tips for politicians: In times of crisis, say whatever the people want to hear because loyalty is non-existent and short-term memory is a fact with Malaysians.

Malaysia is no Saudi nor Indonesia, infact Malaysia is truly unique because in no where do you find a Constitution that stipulates a specific religion for a specific race criterion.

Yes, it is only in Malaysia that a Malay must be a Muslim, that is a prerequisite.

That is probably why matters relating to Malaysian version of Islam is so sensitive, because the "udang sebalik batu" is the catch of religion to political perpetual dominance strategy.

Nik Aziz seems to be above religious polemics and parochial interests; he is sees Islam with a global perspective, open, honest, wise and unpretentious.

For all the faults that PAS may carry as a party, I must admit there are a few good men in the party, nonetheless, or at least it seems to me, I may be wrong, of course, as always.

Rini, please elaborate on your views because I, as Christian, can't see how Tok Guru Nik Aziz could have made a clearer (or a more balanced and heartwarming) statement of his views. Unless you are suggesting that he is 2-faced, it seems to me that he is very considerate in stating that he won't interefere - how can he interefere? What power has he to interefere more? What more do you think he could do? He seems to have already stated his views forthrightly - in opposition to the decision of the Home Minister. It is now for others, including you who have the power, to show where they stand. You too might be able to make a difference. Please stand up and make the case you believe in - help me understand your comments and point of view. Ultimately, we should all vote at the next opportunity/election for whoever we feel/think can best represent us. In the meantime, if 'our' leaders are wrong or are not thinking or talking straight, we should point it out and hold them to account. If you could be Tok Guru Nik Aziz what would you say differently from what has been reported?

please la k..jgn politikkan agama..sy adalah bumiputera katolik dr sarawak..half dr family sy kristian dan half lg islam...rata2 family yg ada di sarawak adalh mix mcm sy..jgn kerana umno (yg berasal dr sjung), families yg ada di sarawak ini berpecah...please la...agama itu sempurna..xda agama yg mgajar umatnya berbuat jahat..tp kita ni manusia biasa, penuh dengaketiaksempurnaan. jgn kerana anda ingin meraih undi @kekayaan yg xkan korg warisi smpi ke lubang kubur, korg poltikkan agama..agama islam itu indah, sy sendiri mengaku..tp disebabkn org seperti korng la, agama islam di malaysia ini menjadi buruk..korg putar belitkan fakta mengatakkan kristian adalah kafir padahal nabi muhammad sendiri pun tidak mengkafirkan kristian..jgn smpi selepas ini umat kristian pun tidak dapat menggunakan perkataan nabi dalam kitab kami..sebagai cerdik pandai, pikirla sendiri..jgn sekadar megeluar fakta bdasarkan nafsu tp rajin2 la baca alkitab n renungi la ayat2 nya...terima kasih......

bukan kah Al-Quran ada bagi amaran yang bangsa kafir akan cuba memesong akidah umat islam sampai ke akhir zaman? Jangan pulak suatu hari nanti anak cucu kita akan menyembah 'Allah' Katholik disebabkan tersesat semasa usia muda. Golongan Kafir kalau tak dapat memujuk umat Islam untuk tinggalkan ugama Islam, memurtadkan sudah memadai..jangan disebabkan politik dan gila kuasa kita umat Islam di perkotak-katikkan..

Rini, may I just add that perhaps Tok Guru Nik Aziz's "style" is indeed 2-sided, in that he looks at the issue/situation from 'both' (all) sides. Firstly, he has a personal duty, actually perhaps a moral obligation, to voice his considered opinion as effectiovely as possible - to help steer thinking in what he considers to be the right direction, to prevent wrong-headed actions - to act, in other words as 'his brothers keeper'. And then he also realises that in this life God allows men to make many decisions, even on behalf of others - as the government does. So, having discharged his first duty (to speak the truth) he leaves it to those with the power to make their decision. The rope that they have can be used to bind others or indeed to hang themselves! It is entirely their decision. Ultimately, God will judge us all.

If people will still be "blinded and confused" then you should really blame those responsible for 'our' poor education - why, after 52 years of Independence, they haven't yet taught the population at large how to think properly. I believe many people 'woke-up' from political coma, opened their eyes, thought about it and acted on their new-found beliefs and exercised their rights on 8/3/08. I also think there are many who choose not to think for themselves and who have, whether deliberately or unwittingly, surrendered themselves to being dumb sheep.

Do you know the children's story entitled "The Emperor's New Clothes"? It tells how blindness and confusion were exposed by innocent children who simply voiced out what they actually saw - instead of being hoodwinked or conditioned into toeing the politically correct line.

Readers may not realise it. Tok Guru is the one playing politics with ' Allah "

If UMNO announce that its ok to use Allah by the Christians.. the first person or Party that will jump will be yours truly Nik Aziz and PAS. They will lambast UMNO for being too weak to defend Islam and the Muslims.

Now that UMNO said that Allah is only for the Muslim and the whole nations started protesting about it guessed who stood up to defend the People? Nik Azizzzzzz ..BUT please read between the lines bro..he was non committal when he made the statement that Allah can be used by the Christian.

All of you must be highly educated yet to are taken for a ride by an 80 year old Mullah from Kelantan !! Wakakakak

I tried to give a concise comment here but it got truncated so I put it in Stephen Doss' blogsite instead.

Do read on why I think in this case Nik Aziz is in error. Thank You Stephen.

Doss' Renovatio:- http://stephendoss.blogspot.co...4726283488

TO DANIEL KC LIM...For your info I am a MUSLIM Malay. Way back in the 50s the malays and the chinese, ndians, Hindus, Christians and even some Jews live in harmony with no problem relating to religion and color. We respect each other. Only lately during this bloody goon leadership i.e AAB the issue of religion, color and creed become serious and bad.

Of course those who hated UMNo / Bn will point their fingers at this party withour realising that the Opposition namely PAS that started it all in a very very nice way.

In politics, anything goes as long as the Party is look upon as popular and defender of the majority. Sadly UMNO/BN fall into this trap set up by PAS and Co.

So when this issue of ' Allah ' surfaced and UMNO stated that only the Muslims are allowed ( they thought by announcing this they are able to neutralise PAS ) immediately PAS thanks to their so called spiritual leader Nik Aziz took the oppurtunity to say ' nothing wrong for the Christains to use Allah ' ( period )

Now if all of you are brave enough to press Nik Aziz to state it clearly that the word ' Allah ' can be used by the Protestants and catholics, do you think he will say "YES" simply ? Bullshit !! For sure the stauchn Muslim of PAS will not allow that !!!

Why not we get Mr Karpal Singh to face Nik Aziz and ask him to repeat LOUD AND CLEAR THAT THE CHRISTIANS CAN USE THE WORD ALLAH TOO.

This is the politics of this country. People like you and be are being 'used' by both sides for their own personal gains.

Note: Allah was first mentioned when Adam and Eve were created. Islam was the last last religion to use the word ' Allah " I hope other Muslims be it secular or extreme fully understand this !!!!!@

Soon the Christians will not be allowed to use Adam, Moses, David, Aaron, Daniel, etc..only the Muslim Malays can use it !! Wakakakaka.

Then Nik Aziz will step in..but non committal of course. Bloody hypocrites

Rini, I (almost) admire your tenacity and willingness to be the lone voice of 'caution' whilst everyone else seems to be falling over themselves in praise of Nik Aziz.

If you are right, that he cannot be relied upon to be perfectly tolerant, fair and moderate, then should I perhaps consider telling myself/reminding others that Adolph Hilter also enjoyed a similar popularity in Germany before WW2, as Nik Aziz seems to have won now - and then watch his actions carefully?

But I must ask: If BN/UMNO can go bad, why can PAS not change for the better - even in response to the BN rot - under the spiritual leadership of Nik Aziz?

We have certainly had enough of hypocrites and crooked politicians.

I'm still waiting to hear what evidence you have for not trusting Nik Aziz to really commit himself!

Rini, what you are insinuating actually lack the proof to substantiate!

Can We Use Allah in the Bahasa Malaysia Bible?

By all means you are most welcome. Such a beautiful word and most accurate to refer The Almighty God according to ISlam. SubhanAllah .. MasyaAllah the Christians believers in Malaysia and Indonesia particularly(leave out the middle east because Allah is God in their arabic language) do believe in Muslim God Allah s.w.t. and thats why they vehemently stress to be allowed to use Allah in the Malaysian and Indonesian bible. I love u Christians better than the Jews. So thoughtful, i guess the word Tuhan(Melayu) and Gusti(Indonesia)are not linguistically accurate to be referred as God in your bible or i personally think u need to engage a professional translator to translate the bible to bahasa malaysia and indonesia or u will end up with other new Christians dominants and sects soon.
And i would suggest a new name for the Christians(non arabic descent ) as Christian Hadhary cos they so much love to use Arabic language in their Bahasa Malaysia and Indonesia bible translations. Peace be upon u. And please use Salam when u greet the fellow Muslims so that one day we will share the same masjid for prayers. Bi iznillah.

I agree with Haifa Aldeberany.By the way your name sounds like Haifa ada berani he he.Christian Hadhary you are a genius.

There is only one God. He is the God of all peoples, the creator of all things and Almighty.
No person can have claim to God because we are subservient to him.

Muslims should not force any other faiths to worship any God but Allah; For there is NO other God but Allah. If a foreigner lives in love and peace and worships his God accordingly it is the same God for ALL.

Jesus is believed to be a Prophet by Muslims:
The person Jesus of Nazareth was asked of this when others were teaching similar beliefs in his time. He said "If they are praying the same as we; then they are not against us and we should not be against them." [This provides insight for both Christians and Muslims to have true faith in ONE God].

Open your heart to Allah and he will show you the truth.
IF Allah the only ONE God is the creator of ALL things... does this mean he is the Father of everything?
Since he is the Father of each and every one of us are we not his sons and daughters?
Thus we all came from Adam and Eve.... we discover by Gods love, we are ALL Brothers and Sisters.