God is Dead. God Remains Dead. And We Have Killed Him. - Nietzsche

In this case on the use of the term Allah by the Catholics, my stand is to retain on the status quo. If the Catholics really, truly want to use the term Allah , just do so in the Mass or any rituals. But please don't involve publications. In publications, can Catholics churches guarantee their circulation among Catholics only? This therefore will and can uphold Article 11 of Federal Constitution that proselyzing Muslim / berdakwah kepada Muslim is not allowed. Or, if they can guarantee that the articles are circulated within their own communities only, would the church ready for the consequences if it was to be found that the articles are spread and circulated throughout  the whole Malaysia regardless of people's religion? Dare the church ready to accept such absolute banning later on- which is clear in Article 11 of the Federal Constitution?

I actually don't think that the Sarawakian and Sabahan won't totally misunderstand the articles in Malay section The Herald if Tuhan was used. I believe that even  by using Tuhan, the idea that a Tuhan is a Father , a Son , and Ruhul Qudus as a similar entity in a Godhead will still be comprehensible and understandable.

Racial sensitivity is perhaps, I repeat, perhaps, can be made debatable. A Muslim can desert their race if they are made to choose between Muslim and Malay ( which theoretically is impossible in Malaysia context of law). But, religious sensitivity in Malaysia is very much relevant.

The worst of such example that happened in Malaya was Natrah case in Singapore- and so, if want to be made a comparison then, what Malays face and what the Arabs and European Muslims ( Bosnians etc) face was like so trivial. They have wars and continuous death, while Muslims in Malaysia are fighting over sukuk and zakat and some cutting hands. So, better, in this case, we stick to the status quo. For now, until we are ready. Please, do not assume that the Malays are ready. You know that it is so wrong in many ways.

Ulama' boleh berbeza pandangan dalam isu penggunaan nama Allah. Bersetuju atau tidak bersetuju tidak akan membawa kepada kekafiran kerana ia bukan perkara pokok, kerana hukum dan kondisi budaya adalah berbeza berbeza. Kerana itulah, rata-rata ulama Arab tidak kisah manakala Majlis Fatwa Kebangsaan pada 2008 tidak membenarkan. Nik Aziz sendiri setuju Allah digunakan dalam agama lain, tetapi dalam penerbitan terbitan segala beliau juga agak khuatir.Ini juga pandangan PAS selaku kumpulan Islam dalam Pakatan Rakyat- pembangkang dalam Malaysia- yang mengesyorkan undang-undang supaya penggunaan terma Allah dibolehkan tetapi harus diawasi dengan kawalan.


But all in all, hukum and siasah shariah aside, I always believe that God speaks in many languages anyway.For Rumi himself has said , he doesn't found God in mosques, in churches, in synanogues, in pagodas or shrines, nor within the discussion of the intelectuals or the mystics ; God dwells in the hearts of the believers. One can fight in a jihad or a crusade but deep inside, he may not really believe in the Lord.

And such was the polemic  that God is made "exclusively belonging" to the human that had created havoc in churches, in mosques, and in the world with its so many wars.It is as if the nature of God is subject to human ideas.  Maybe such tiredness of infighting and wars that he has seen that made Friedrich Nietzsche, one intellectual which I have great respect on to proclaim:

"God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him."