Freedom My Foot!

Dear non-Catholic friends,

The Herald, which is a newspaper circulated among the country's 850,000 Catholics, has been using the word 'Allah' to describe God in its Malay-language edition since the newspaper first made its rounds.

Then of course, some mo' fo' decided to show-off his power and argued that 'Allah' is a word that should only be used by Muslims. Challenging this ridiculous proposal, the Catholic church took the case to court and lost the latest round of the battle yesterday. Somehow, i cannot say that i am surprised with the outcome.

Fortunately, there will be another hearing on July 7 and here's hoping to better results.

While i admit that i am not a very devoted Catholic, i find this issue downright appaling. Before you go off calling me an anti-Muslim, note that i do have Muslim friends and they are mighty fine. What i cannot stand is a bunch of bad apples who think that just because their religion makes up over 60 per cent of the country's, they have the right to put a leash around our necks and tell us what and what not to do.

What is wrong with allowing non-Muslims to use the world 'Allah'? Is it damaging their religion? Last i checked, 'Allah' is a universal word that means 'the supreme Being' and that, means God.

A part of me thinks, "If they want to have the word to themselves, then by all means, take it back for we don't need to use the word 'Allah' to keep our faith." But a bigger part of me reckons, "Why should we give in to their childish demand? We have every right to stand up for our rights!".

Freedom of speech? Ain't no such thing in Malaysia! And he even dares to talk about 1Malaysia? I'm utterly disgusted.