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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126259010522914545.html

JANUARY 5, 2010

By JAMES HOOKWAY and CELINE FERNANDEZ

KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysians are flocking online to debate a contentious court ruling that allows local Roman Catholics to use the word Allah as a translation for God.

Government officials, meanwhile, say they will listen to all shades of opinion before deciding whether to strengthen protections for Islam under the Muslim-majority country's constitution.

The possible changes, raised by Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein in a statement Sunday, could help defuse anger among Muslims over a New Year's Eve court ruling. The High Court overturned a three-year-old government ban on the Catholic Church using the term Allah to refer to God in its local Malay-language newspaper after church officials argued that it was the only suitable word for God in Malay.

И на фоне этой лингвистической диффузии весьма символическое событие, открыта Новая Вавилонская Башня:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8439618.stmPage last updated at 17:33 GMT, Monday, 4 January 2010

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