Published on the website of the international news program Worldfocus on PBS.
Gizem Yarbil, a producer at Worldfocus, writes about the controversy over the use of the word “Allah” in Malaysia.
Malaysia has long had a reputation for being a secular Muslim nation. But recent events are threatening its moderate image.
Nine churches have been attacked with Molotov cocktails or vandalized since last Friday following a court ruling on New Year’s Eve that overturned a government ban on the use of the word “Allah” by non-Muslims.
