Sunday, April 18, 2010

Pig Heads Left at Malaysia Mosques after Allah Row

Several severed pigs' heads have been found in mosque compounds in the
Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur.

The national police chief, Musa Hassan, linked the discoveries to
recent attacks on various houses of worship.

Pigs are considered unclean by Muslims and their presence in the
mosque compound will be taken as an insult.

In recent weeks, 11 churches, one Sikh temple and some Muslim prayer
halls have been vandalised amid a row over non-Muslims' use of the
word Allah.

Religious tensions in Malaysia have increased since a court ruled last
month that a Roman Catholic newspaper could use the word Allah in its
Malay-language edition to describe the Christian God.

Read complete article at --
http://wwrn.org/articles/32528/
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