'' The Herald '' had come under government scrutiny for alleged repeated breaches of its permit conditions , and came out strongly in defence of itself . '' The Herald '' had assured the Malaysian Home Ministry that the authorities had nothing to worry about as the weekly was targeted at Catholics and not the general public . Its editor , Father Lawrence Andrew , said Herald had never gone beyond issues of religion in its publications . " The editorial is only asking people to pray for a just and fair by-election . Ca n't we Christians ask fellow Christians to pray ? Is that against the law ? " He also said " We comment on issues . The Pope comments on issues . It 's normal for us to have an ethical interpretation " of current events and politics , Andrew said . " I do n't think we were in any way going against the type of content we have chosen . " " In our reply to an earlier warning letter from the same person ... we remarked that the Home Ministry had not defined the concept of religion in the application form for the renewal of printing permit , nor is there a definition of religion found in the Federal Constitution , " wrote Father Lawrence Andrew , the editor of the publication , in an editorial . " So we asked them to point out where we had gone wrong . We are awaiting their reply . " He defended the article , saying it does not degrade Islam or any other religion . " The article was an ethical analysis about the world after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center towers . " '' The Herald '' and the archbishop of the diocese of Kuala Lumpur opted to take the legal route and take the government to court to overturn the ruling on the use of the word '' Allah '' . Meanwhile , the state Islamic councils of Selangor , Terengganu , Malacca , Kedah , Johor , Penang , Federal Territory , and the Malaysian Chinese Muslim Association applied to intervene in the case . The Malaysian Gurdwaras Council informed the court that they wanted to submit a representation to the Attorney-General 's Chambers in not turning this issue into a confrontation between the Catholics and Islamic Councils
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Titular Roman Catholic Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur v Menteri Dalam Negeri