S'gor Sultan calls on state Islamic councils to intervene in 'Allah' case appeal

Selangor's Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah has instructed the state's Islamic council (Mais) to apply as an intervener in Putrajaya's bid to appeal a High Court ruling allowing non-Muslims to use the word Allah for educational and religious purposes.

The monarch (photo, above) also urged other state Islamic councils to intervene and "protect the glory of the word Allah and the sanctity of Islam"...