Jeb Sharp speaks with the BBC’s Jennifer Pak about a spate of attacks on Christian churches in Malaysia. They follow a controversy over the use of the word ?Allah? by some Malaysians when referring to the God of Christianity.
A Malaysian court will decide tomorrow whether a Catholic newspaper can challenge a government ban on non-Muslims using the term ?allah? in their publications to refer to God. Jennifer Pak has the story from Kuala Lumpur.
There’s speculation that protests from conservative Muslim groups in Malaysia prompted Beyonce to cancel her concert there. But as Jennifer Pak reports, it’s one of many cases that women’s rights activists say has damaged Malaysia’s reputation.
Malaysian families are facing a critical shortage of maids. Most of the maids come from Indonesia. But Indonesia banned its citizens from going to work as maids in Malaysia after a series of abuses against them. Jennifer Pak reports from Kuala Lumpur.
