Kota Baru, Mar 2 : Parti Islam se-Malaysia (PAS) spiritual adviser Abdul Aziz Nik Mat has said the use of the word ''Allah'' by non-Muslims is allowed, but added that the Malaysian Government would decide the scope of where the word could be used.
"I don''t want to interfere in this matter. Let the Federal Government decide," The Star quoted said Nik Aziz as saying.
Meanwhile, the Minister in the Prime Minister''s Department, Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the Government''s decision to ban the use of word ''Allah'' was not only limited to the Herald but to all non-Muslim publications.
Kuala Lumpur - A Malaysian woman suffered a fractured skull and ribs, and had to have nearly 100 stitches, claiming she was attacked by her Indonesian maid, news reports said Saturday.
Phang Kian Huang, 42, claimed that her maid had entered her room early Thursday while she was asleep and began attacking her with a wooden stool.
"She left and came back with a knife and started slashing. I pretended to lose consciousness," Phang was quoted as saying by the Star daily.
Phang, whose left ear was almost severed in the attack, alleged that the maid then returned a third time and threw a stone mortar at her, fracturing her skull and several ribs.
Singapore - The Singapore High Court confirmed on Thursday a life imprisonment for an Indonesian maid who killed her employer's 75-year-old mother in 2005, media reports said.
The maid, who was identified as Barokah, 29, pushed Wee Keng Wah from their ninth-floor flat after the elderly woman scolded her for sneaking out to meet a man. In 2007, the maid was sentenced to life imprisonment and appealed.
However, a re-hearing into the case did not change the judge's mind, the online edition of the Straits Times newspaper reported. The second hearing was ordered to evaluate if the life sentence was appropriate.
Bali, Indonesia - A court in Indonesia's resort island of Bali on Thursday sentenced an Australian man to eight years in prison for having sex with boys.
The court in Buleleng district found Philip Robert Grandfield, 62, guilty of having sexual contact with five boys aged between 15 and 17 last year.
Grandfield said he was relieved by the verdict but nevertheless would appeal.
"I thought I might be sentenced to death," he said.
GMR Infrastructure Ltd announced on Wednesday that its unit GMR Energy, through its subsidiaries, has bought Indonesia's PT Barasentosa Lestari.
In a disclosure to the Bombay Stock Exchange, the group said that said it has acquired 100 per cent stake in Indonesia-based PT Barasentosa Lestari through its wholly-owned subsidiary, GMR Energy, for an undisclosed amount.
It further added that the Indonesian firm holds a license providing a 30-year mining authorization over two coal blocks in the country.
Jakarta - A series of religious edicts issued by Indonesia's council of Muslim scholars has triggered controversy, exposing sharp divisions between conservatives and liberals in the world's most populous Muslim nation.
In January, the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) issued a fatwa, or religious edict, banning Muslims from practising yoga that includes Hindu rituals, such as chanting.
It also ruled smoking in public and abstaining from electoral voting are sinful.
Singapore - The Singapore High Court confirmed on Thursday a life imprisonment for an Indonesian maid who killed her employer's 75-year-old mother in 2005, media reports said.
Bali, Indonesia - A court in Indonesia's resort island of Bali on Thursday sentenced an Australian man to eight years in prison for having sex with boys.
GMR Infrastructure Ltd announced on Wednesday that its unit GMR Energy, through its subsidiaries, has bought Indonesia's PT Barasentosa Lestari.
Jakarta - A series of religious edicts issued by Indonesia's council of Muslim scholars has triggered controversy, exposing sharp divisions between conservatives and liberals in the world's most populous Muslim nation.
