Malaysian court rules only Muslims can use word ‘Allah’


KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A court in Muslim-majority Malaysia ruled Oct. 14 that only Muslims are permitted to use the Arabic word “Allah” to describe God, overturning a lower court’s 2009 decision that allowed others to use the word. “The usage of the word ‘Allah’ is not an integral part of the faith in Christianity,” Chief Judge Mohamed Apandi Ali…