BY V. ANBALAGAN
OCTOBER 16, 2013
Sikhs will continue to use the word Allah in their religious practices as the word appeared numerous times in their holy scriptures, said the Malaysian Gurdwara Council president Jagir Singh.
“There is no way the word can be excluded since it is found in the Guru Granth Sahib, just like in the holy Quran for Muslims,” he said, adding that Sikhs throughout the world has used the word in the past six centuries.
He said the 350,000 faithful in Malaysia can continue to use the word found in the holy scriptures despite the Court of Appeal decision on Monday when it banned the word Allah from being used in the Bahasa Malaysia section of the Catholic weekly, Herald.
The Sikh scriptures are recited during weddings and home purification ceremonies. There are some 180 gurdwara (temples) in the country, with about 10 in Sabah and Sarawak.
On Monday, a three-man bench which allowed Putrajaya’s appeal to reverse a High Court ruling that the Herald could use the word, said the word Allah was not an integral part of the Christian faith and practice.
The court said it saw no reason why the church was so adamant in wanting to use the word Allah.
It said such usage, if allowed, would inevitably cause confusion within the Malaysian community, and added that the welfare of an individual or group must concede to the majority community.
Jagir, who is also president of the Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and Taoism, said the Court of Appeal judgments covered a “wide dragnet”.
“I don’t know how the government and Muslim religious authorities want to enforce the court decision,” he said.
He said there were already state enactments that banned non-Muslims from using the word since Islam came under the authority of state governments.
Jagir said the (Gurdwara) council was also waiting to see how the Home Ministry was going to react to the court ruling.
“But we have always maintained that nobody has a monopoly over the word from the cultural and religious perspective,” he added. – October 16, 2013.
Jagir Singh stresses the word Allah has been used by Sikhs for more than 6 centuries. The Malaysian Insider pic by Nazir Sufari, October 16, 2013.
Good job Jagir Singh Saheb. Please continue to fight for your God given rights. If you pay attention to these mullahs and their likes, they may one day come up with the notion that you have no right to breathe.
My request to knowledgable persons. Please guide me to the belief of the Sikh community. What do the Sikh believe about the Guru Nanak sahib? Do they believe that Nanak sahib is God?
I know that Sikh community is monotheist. They believe in One God. But, recently, a question has arisen about the status of Guru Nanak sahib (a.s.) in the Sikh community. I believe that Guru Sahib is a beloved man of God and he is not God.
The best answer could be from the educated Sikh persons. Please reply.
To me every body can say ALLAH,there is no distinction in any relegion.Allah the almighty is for all the humanbeing.It is not the property of Mullahs and the Malaysian or any other fection of muslims.They are crazy and I may say they are not believe on true Islam.They themselves are not true muslim.