happened early this morning I think
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8447450.stm
Three churches have been attacked in Malaysia's capital
Kuala Lumpur, ahead of planned protests by Muslim
groups.
The administrative offices of one church were destroyed by a
firebomb attack and one of the other two churches attacked was
slightly damaged.
Some Muslim groups are angry at a court decision allowing
non-Muslims to use the word Allah to refer to God.
The government relies on the Malay Muslim vote, and will let
Muslims march from mosques to churches on Friday.
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Prime Minister Najib Razak condemned the church attacks, saying
such actions would "destroy our country's harmony".
"The government will take whatever steps it can to prevent such
acts," he said.
Divided faiths
The controversy stems from a ban on a Catholic newspaper, The
Herald, using the word Allah.
The Kuala Lumpur High Court struck down the three-year old ban
on use of the word Allah - a ruling now the target of planned
demonstrations.
Some major Muslim organisations, including the Islamic political
party, PAS, have agreed with the court, saying other Abrahamic
religions - Christinaity and Judiasm - may use the word Allah.
But some vocal groups, including the Muslim Youth Movement,
Abim, have cast the use of the word Allah as a surreptitious effort
on the part of Christians to try to seduce Muslims away from
Islam.
The argument has continued in the media and the courts for
months but had not become violent - until assailants on motorbikes
were seen smashing the windows of the Metro Tabernacle Church, a
Protestant church in Kuala Lumpur on Friday.
The ground floor office of the three-storey church was destroyed
in a blaze a little after midnight, said Kevin Ang, a church
spokesman.
Kuala Lumpur police Chief Mohamad Sabtu Osman said police had
found a wrench, an empty petrol tin and two scorched motorbikes at
the scene.
Separately, Molotov cocktails were thrown into the compounds of
two other churches before dawn, causing minor damage in one and
none in the other, church officials said.
The police chief has also urged protesters not to join Friday's
planned demonstrations.
The government has appealed against the court verdict and the
High Court has suspended the decision's implementation until the
appeal is heard.
About 60% of Malaysians are Malay Muslims alongside significant
Chinese and Indian minorities.
Prime Minister Najib has spoken recently of a "one Malaysia"
concept - something analysts now say is under severe challenge.
i dun believe Allah avocate on this. Violence. I mean kinda of
childish lo. Because of one word - use of Allah. So many trouble.
Frankly speakly, Other countries are laughing at Malaysia.
This is a really 3rd world country.