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Pakatan Rakyat today announced that it has no qualms about non-Muslims using the word Allah to refer to God as long as it is not misused.

Speaking at a press conference here today, PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang said that Allah, which is written in the al-Quran, is special and cannot be translated properly to other languages.

Thats why Muslims of all races refer to God as Allah. So non-Muslims can use the holy word although it may not reflect the original meaning, he explained.

Also present were PKR supremo Anwar Ibrahim and DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang.

However, the decision made by Pakatan runs contrary to the Selangor Islamic Religious Councils (MAIS) stand today that non-Muslims in the state are forbidden from using the word Allah.

The Sultan of Selangor, Sharafuddin Idris Shah, had decreed that non-Muslims are forbidden from using the word Allah, as mentioned by His Majesty on Feb 18, 2010, as the name is a sacred word for Muslims, said MAIS secretary Mohd Misri Idris in a statement issued this morning.

Misri added that the ruler had also urged MAIS to take action against Muslims or non-Muslims should they go against the decision under Selangors Non-Islamic Religions Enactment (Control of Propagation Amongst Muslims) 1988.

Hadi, who is also Marang MP, said he regrets that Umno has resorted to use the holy word as a political tool to further its agenda.

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