Malaysian court rules Christians can use "Allah"

A Christian Malaysian woman won a legal battle Wednesday for her right to use the word "Allah" that the Malaysian government has said only Muslims can use, in a landmark ruling in the country.Kuala Lumpur High Court Judge Nor Bee Ariffin ruled in favor of the claim of the woman, maintaining that the government ban that prohibits the use of the word by non-Muslims in Malaysian language publications is "unconstitutional" and "illegal."Jill Ireland, the Christian from Sarawak state on the island of Borneo, began her struggle for the right in 2008 when customs officers at Kuala Lumpur airport s…READ FULL ARTICLE