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- The Pakatan Rakyat Selangor government returned today the 321 Malay and Iban language …
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 14 — Perlis Mufti Datuk Dr Juanda Jaya today commended Selangor Mentri Besar Azmin Ali for his role in the return of bibles seized because they referred to God by using the word “Allah”.
In a Twitter posting, Juanda praised Azmin as a brother for the well timed resolution.
Many others also singled out Azmin for praise. The son of former MIC president, Vel Paari Samy Vellu, earlier labelled Azmin as a “true Malaysian” for helping return the bibles, also in a Twitter posting.
Other notable tweets were from Eric Paulsen of rights group Lawyers for Liberty who tweeted “congrats for being resolute in resolving the bible issue — no flip-flipping or passing the buck — that’s good governance”.
The Pakatan Rakyat Selangor government returned today the 321 Malay and Iban language Christian bibles containing the word “Allah” to the Bible Society of Malaysia confiscated by its state Islamic enforcers in January this year.
In a tweet, Selangor Mentri Besar Azmin Ali was pictured giving back the three Malay and Iban-language bibles to the Christian bookstore at Istana Alam Shah in Klang earlier this morning.
“An amicable resolution to the issue of the seizure of the Malaysia Language Bibles containing the word Allah,” Azmin tweeted from his @AzminAli account, attaching a photograph of the ceremony.
